G12
Spinal muscular atrophy and related syndromes
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
G12 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for spinal muscular atrophy and related syndromes. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are G12.0 Infantile spinal muscular atrophy, type I [Werdnig-Hoffman]; G12.1 Other inherited spinal muscular atrophy; G12.2 Motor neuron disease; G12.8 Other spinal muscular atrophies and related syndromes and 1 more. Its coding notes include 8 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 6 Diseases of the nervous system
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)