G51.3
Clonic hemifacial spasm
G51.3 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for clonic hemifacial spasm. 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 G51.31 Clonic hemifacial spasm, right; G51.32 Clonic hemifacial spasm, left; G51.33 Clonic hemifacial spasm, bilateral and G51.39 Clonic hemifacial spasm, unspecified. Its coding notes include 5 Excludes1 entries and 8 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
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)
Includes
Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.
- disorders of 7th cranial nerve
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 5 entries