G24 ICD-10-CM Code: Dystonia

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for G24 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2026Effective: October 1, 2025

Coder workflow for G24

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code G24

1. G24 is not reportable as written. Select the more specific code beneath it that the documentation supports. Codes are reported to the highest level of specificity the classification provides (Guidelines I.B.2).

   ReviewG24.0, G24.1, G24.2, G24.3, G24.4, G24.5, G24.8, G24.9

   See the relationships section · Guide: How to choose an ICD-10-CM code →

Choose the right path

1. Does the documentation support one of the more specific codes beneath G24?
   Yes → Select that code and continue the checks below on its own page.
   No → G24 cannot be reported as written; query for the specificity its subcategory needs.

   ReviewG24.0, G24.1, G24.2, G24.3, G24.4, G24.5, G24.8, G24.9

Consider G24. Then confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement

Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).

Official instructions as workflow

• Excludes2 — not part of G24(1 note)

  Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in G24. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

  CompareG80.3

  See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.b

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Don’t confuse G24 with…

MedCoder analysis — pairs from this code’s official notes, distinctions written by MedCoder

The codes most likely to be picked instead of G24 — named in its own official notes, or sharing its laterality or encounter family — with what separates them and which documentation moves the case. Each links to the full comparison.

• G80.3— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

  Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

  A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

  What moves you there: Documentation of athetoid cerebral palsy adds G80.3; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

  Full comparison: G24 vs G80.3 →

Relationships are read from this code's own official notes, its laterality siblings and its encounter family; the wording of each distinction is MedCoder editorial, and the documentation named in each “what moves you there” line is the official note phrase or sibling title itself. Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a.

Verify Before Coding

• Not billable as written — a more specific code is required: G24.01, G24.02, G24.09, G24.1, G24.2.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name G24 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 1 Excludes1 note: R25 — Abnormal involuntary movements.

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

Referenced by 1 Excludes2 note: F98.4 — Stereotyped movement disorders.

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of G24 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Run G24 with these 3 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

• G00-G99 — Chapter 6: Diseases of the Nervous System (G00-G99) (G00-G99)[Hierarchy]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• G20-G26 — Extrapyramidal and movement disorders[Hierarchy]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026

Excludes2

• G80.3 — Athetoid cerebral palsy[Excludes2]: “athetoid cerebral palsy (G80.3)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

• R25 — Abnormal involuntary movements[Excludes1]: “specific movement disorders (G20-G26)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

• F98.4 — Stereotyped movement disorders[Excludes2]: “movement disorders of organic origin (G20-G25)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026

Nearest codes (11)

• G24.0 — Drug induced dystonia[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• G24.01 — Drug induced subacute dyskinesia[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• G24.02 — Drug induced acute dystonia[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• G24.09 — Other drug induced dystonia[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• G24.1 — Genetic torsion dystonia[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• G24.2 — Idiopathic nonfamilial dystonia[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• G24.3 — Spasmodic torticollis[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• G24.4 — Idiopathic orofacial dystonia[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• and 3 more

Change history

• FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Common coding questions

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data

CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page

Claim edits Official source data

CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page

Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data

CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page

Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship

Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears

Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation

Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

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Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to G24 in its code family, with their registry titles.

• G24.0 — Drug induced dystonia
• G24.01 — Drug induced subacute dyskinesia
• G24.02 — Drug induced acute dystonia
• G24.09 — Other drug induced dystonia
• G24.1 — Genetic torsion dystonia
• G24.2 — Idiopathic nonfamilial dystonia
• G24.3 — Spasmodic torticollis
• G24.4 — Idiopathic orofacial dystonia
• G24.5 — Blepharospasm
• G24.8 — Other dystonia
• G24.9 — Dystonia, unspecified