G25.9
Extrapyramidal and movement disorder, unspecified
G25.9 (also written G259) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for extrapyramidal and movement disorder, unspecified. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 16 codes in category G25 (Other extrapyramidal and movement disorders). The Alphabetic Index lists it under 10 entries. Its coding notes include 9 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
- sleep related movement disorders (G47.6-)
Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
- 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)
Care settings
How CMS programs treat this code. These are CMS claim edits and list entries, not coverage or eligibility rules.
Hospital CC
Counts as a complication or comorbidity (CC) when reported as a secondary diagnosis on an inpatient claim. It does not count when the principal diagnosis is one of the 95 codes in its exclusion list. Some MS-DRGs also ignore a CC or MCC that defines the DRG.
Source: CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44, effective October 1, 2026, Appendix CIPF Primary
IPF MS-DRG adjustment. A principal diagnosis of this code groups to one of these MS-DRGs. Which one depends on other facts of the stay, so the factor is a range:
| MS-DRG | Description | Factor |
|---|---|---|
| 056 | Degenerative nervous system disorders w MCC | 1.12 |
| 057 | Degenerative nervous system disorders w/o MCC | 1.11 |
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 10 entries
- Degeneration, degenerative, extrapyramidal
- Disease, diseased, basal ganglia
- Disease, diseased, extrapyramidal
- Disorder (of), extrapyramidal
- Disorder (of), movement
- Disorder (of), movement, treatment-induced
- Lesion (s) (nontraumatic), basal ganglion
- Sclerosis, sclerotic, extrapyramidal
- Syndrome, extrapyramidal
- Syndrome, ganglion (basal ganglia brain)