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G31.1 ICD-10-CM Code: Senile degeneration of brain, not elsewhere classified

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Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Official instructions
2 Excludes1 · 1 Excludes2 · 7 use-additional instructions
Risk adjustment
RxHCC V08 category 112

What these terms mean →

Billable · FY2027A valid, specific ICD-10-CM code, reportable for dates of service in FY2027.

What you need to know

Source: CMS/NCHS Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes, quoted. From the CMS/NCHS tabular list for the release in force. A note the category or block publishes applies to this code too, and is marked with where it comes from.

Use additional codefrom G31Report with this code when documented

+3 more in Instructions

Excludes1Not reported with this code unless documented as unrelated
  • Alzheimer's disease (G30.-)
  • senility NOS (R41.81)
Excludes2from G31Not included here; may be reported together

Where it sits Source: CMS/NCHS

Under:Chapter 6: Diseases of the Nervous SystemG30-G32 Other degenerative diseases of the nervous systemG31 Other degenerative diseases of nervous system, not elsewhere classified

Most relevant related codes MedCoder-derived

Read off the official notes above and this code’s own position in the tabular list. Which to report is a documentation question; Compare shows the two side by side.

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Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 056 — DEGENERATIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WITH MCC (MDC 01)
  • MS-DRG 057 — DEGENERATIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC (MDC 01)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for G31.1 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2027Effective: October 1, 2026

Trace:FY2027 changesChange historyRelease, file and checksum

Notes without a marker are published on G31.1 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Source: inherited from G31

Use Additional Code

Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.

Source: inherited from G31

Coder workflow for G31.1

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

Before you code G31.1

  1. “Other” (NEC) means the condition is specified in the record but no dedicated code captures it. Confirm the documented form is not one a sibling code names before settling on G31.1; if the record states no specifics at all, the unspecified sibling applies instead. “Other” codes are for documented conditions the classification gives no specific code; “unspecified” codes are for records lacking the detail (Guidelines I.A.9.a, I.A.9.b).

    ReviewG31.0, G31.2

    See the relationships section · Guide: Other vs unspecified (NEC vs NOS) →

  2. Check the Excludes1 note: if the documentation supports a condition named there, do not simply proceed with G31.1. Excludes1 conditions are not reported together with this code unless the record shows they are unrelated (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

    See the official tabular notes

Choose the right path

  1. Does the documentation support a condition named in G31.1’s Excludes1 note?
    Yes → Do not simply proceed: review the excluded code. Both are reported only when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated.
    No → Continue.

    ReviewG30, R41.81

Consider G31.1. Then work the Use Additional Code note, and 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).
The conditions the Use Additional Code note names
Reported with this code when documented; a conditional instruction (“if applicable”, “if known”) applies only when the record supports it.
Any detail beyond this code’s title
What the record states that a more specific code would capture — or its absence, which itself supports the unspecified code.

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes1 — check before selecting G31.1(2 notes)

    Coding workflow: If the documentation supports a condition named in this note, do not simply proceed with G31.1: the two are not reported together. The one exception is when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

    CompareG30, R41.81

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

  • Excludes2 — not part of G31.1(1 note)

    Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in G31.1. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

    CompareG93.7

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

  • Use Additional Code — after identifying G31.1(7 notes)

    Coding workflow: Check whether the documentation supports the additional code(s) the note names, and report them with G31.1 when it does. Where the instruction is conditional (“if applicable”, “if known”), it applies only when the record documents the condition.

    ReviewF02.84, F02.A4, F02.B4, F02.C4, F02.81, F02.A1

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.13

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: Both the condition G31.1 describes and a condition named in its Excludes1 note are documented for the same encounter.

Coding question: Can both codes be reported?

Path: Review the Excludes1 note and the excluded code, and look for a provider statement on whether the two conditions are related.

Reason: Excludes1 means the two are not coded together; the exception is when the record shows the conditions are unrelated to each other (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

ReviewG30, R41.81

Documentation: A condition the Use Additional Code note names is documented.

Coding question: Is a second code reported with G31.1?

Path: Review the Use Additional Code note and the code it names.

Reason: The additional code is reported when the record documents the condition; a conditional instruction applies only when its condition is met (Guidelines I.A.13).

ReviewF02.84, F02.A4, F02.B4, F02.C4, F02.81, F02.A1

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 G31.1 with…

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

The codes most likely to be picked instead of G31.1 — 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.

  • G30— Excludes1 conflict (Excludes1 — generally not reported together)

    Not coded here — the tabular list excludes this pair for the same encounter.

    Not reported together with this code, except where the two conditions are documented as unrelated.

    What moves you there: Documentation of Alzheimer's disease moves the case to G30; the two are not reported together unless documented as unrelated.

    Full comparison: G31.1 vs G30 →

  • R41.81— Excludes1 conflict (Excludes1 — generally not reported together)

    Not coded here — the tabular list excludes this pair for the same encounter.

    Not reported together with this code, except where the two conditions are documented as unrelated.

    What moves you there: Documentation of senility NOS moves the case to R41.81; the two are not reported together unless documented as unrelated.

    Full comparison: G31.1 vs R41.81 →

  • G31.9— Specificity relationship (Review)

    Overlapping diagnoses in the same category.

    Overlapping codes in the same category — the documentation decides which is the more specific fit.

    What moves you there: A record that documents no more than “Degenerative disease of nervous system, unspecified” takes G31.9; specificity in the record moves it back here.

    Full comparison: G31.1 vs G31.9 →

  • G93.7— 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 Reye's syndrome adds G93.7; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: G31.1 vs G93.7 →

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.

Coding context

Guidelines, coding notes, decision aids, relationships (with MS-DRG and CCSR classification), hierarchy, HCC, coverage and the context map: what a coder reaches for after the core. Each section names whether it is official source data, a MedCoder-derived relationship or MedCoder editorial.

Code Overview

Senile degeneration of brain, not elsewhere classified is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (G31.1).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Decision Points

The directives on this code's own record, as a pre-claim checklist.

  1. 7 Use Additional Code instructions — report the named additional code(s) when the documentation supports them. See the Use Additional Code notes
  2. 2 Excludes1 entries — codes named there are generally not reported together with this code (Guidelines I.A.12.a). See the Excludes1 notes
  3. 1 Excludes2 entry — those conditions are not part of this code and may be reported additionally when documented. See the Excludes2 notes

Checklist rows are derived from this code's own official directives; the wording of each check is MedCoder editorial. The official notes themselves are in the sections each row links to.

Verify Before Coding

  • No Medicare Code Editor or MS-DRG Definitions Manual restrictions apply to this code.

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-derived relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name G31.1 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: G30 — Alzheimer's disease.

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

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2027)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2027 MS-DRG: not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity for that release.

Named in the grouper logic of 2 MS-DRGs: DRG 056 (MDC 01), DRG 057 (MDC 01).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):NVS011 — Neurocognitive disorders (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Neurocognitive disorders).

F06.70 — Mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition without behavioral disturbance, F06.71 — Mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition with behavioral disturbance, F07.81 — Postconcussional syndrome, F07.89 — Other personality and behavioral disorders due to known physiological condition, F19.17 — Other psychoactive substance abuse with psychoactive substance-induced persisting dementia, F19.27 — Other psychoactive substance dependence with psychoactive substance-induced persisting dementia, F19.97 — Other psychoactive substance use, unspecified with psychoactive substance-induced persisting dementia, F48.2 — Pseudobulbar affect, G11.6 — Leukodystrophy with vanishing white matter disease, G30.0 — Alzheimer's disease with early onset, G30.1 — Alzheimer's disease with late onset, G30.8 — Other Alzheimer's disease, G30.9 — Alzheimer's disease, unspecified, G31.01 — Pick's disease, G31.09 — Other frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder, G31.81 — Alpers disease, G31.83 — Neurocognitive disorder with Lewy bodies, G31.84 — Mild cognitive impairment of uncertain or unknown etiology, G31.86 — Alexander disease, G31.9 — Degenerative disease of nervous system, unspecified, +77 more

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main terms “Degeneration, degenerative”, “Atrophy, atrophic”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

G12.25 — Progressive spinal muscle atrophy (muscle, muscular, progressive, spinal), G12.29 — Other motor neuron disease (anterior cornua, spinal cord), G12.8 — Other spinal muscular atrophies and related syndromes (muscle, muscular, spinal, specified NEC), G12.9 — Spinal muscular atrophy, unspecified (muscle, muscular, spinal), G13.8 — Systemic atrophy primarily affecting central nervous system in other diseases classified elsewhere (systemic affecting central nervous system, in, specified disease NEC), G23.0 — Hallervorden-Spatz disease (pallidal pigmentary), G23.2 — Striatonigral degeneration (striatonigral), G23.8 — Other specified degenerative diseases of basal ganglia (Déjérine-Thomas), G23.9 — Degenerative disease of basal ganglia, unspecified (basal nuclei or ganglia), G25.9 — Extrapyramidal and movement disorder, unspecified (extrapyramidal), G37.9 — Demyelinating disease of central nervous system, unspecified (myelin, central nervous system), G50.8 — Other disorders of trigeminal nerve (nerve, trigeminal), G51.8 — Other disorders of facial nerve (hemifacial, Romberg), G52.0 — Disorders of olfactory nerve (nerve, olfactory), G52.2 — Disorders of vagus nerve (nerve, vagus), G52.3 — Disorders of hypoglossal nerve (nerve, hypoglossal), G52.8 — Disorders of other specified cranial nerves (nerve, accessory), G52.9 — Cranial nerve disorder, unspecified (nerve, cranial), G54.0 — Brachial plexus disorders (brachial plexus), G54.2 — Cervical root disorders, not elsewhere classified (cervical plexus), +240 more

Lab tests where this diagnosis supports Medicare coverage (NCD)

Medicare's National Coverage Determination (NCD) program lists this diagnosis as medical justification for these lab tests.

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)

Contextual Map

Every relationship of G31.1 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.

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Hierarchy

Excludes1

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

  • G30 — Alzheimer's disease[Excludes1]: “senile degeneration of brain NEC (G31.1)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2027

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • MDC 01 — Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 8,919 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2027

Index entries

  • Atrophy, atrophic (of), brain (cortex) (progressive), senile NEC[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Degeneration, degenerative, brain (cortical) (progressive), senile NEC[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Degeneration, degenerative, motor centers, senile[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Degeneration, degenerative, senile, brain[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Degeneration, degenerative, senile, motor centers[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Disease, diseased, brain, senile NEC[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027

Nearest codes (16)

Change history

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

Reference

Index terms and tables, published questions and FAQ, every source behind this page with its release and checksum, the date-of-service check and the complete change history.

Indexed Clinical Terms (6)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

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 FY2027 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2026 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v44.0 (October 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v44 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-derived 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 editorial 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.

Current data releases:ICD-10-CM FY2027 · ICD-10-PCS FY2027 · HCPCS October 2026 · MS-DRG v44 · Medicare Code Editor v44.0 · NCCI PTP Q4 2026 · MUE Q4 2026 · NCD code lists 2026-01 · LCD export September 28, 2026 · All releases and sources

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Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Senile degeneration of brain, not elsewhere classified

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027, and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to G31.1 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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