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G35.D ICD-10-CM Code: Multiple sclerosis, unspecified

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

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
5 inclusion terms
Risk adjustment
CMS-HCC V28: 1 category · CMS-HCC V22 category 77 · RxHCC V08 category 159

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 v43, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 058 — MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND CEREBELLAR ATAXIA WITH MCC (MDC 01)
  • MS-DRG 059 — MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND CEREBELLAR ATAXIA WITH CC (MDC 01)
  • MS-DRG 060 — MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND CEREBELLAR ATAXIA WITHOUT CC/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.

Risk Adjustment (CMS-HCC)

Payment categories this diagnosis maps to under CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2026.

  • HCC 198 — Multiple Sclerosis

Other models: CMS-HCC V22 HCC 77 · RxHCC V08 HCC 159

Risk scores depend on the enrollee's full accepted diagnosis set and segment; a category mapping alone does not determine payment.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for G35.D in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

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

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Disseminated multiple sclerosis
  • Generalized multiple sclerosis
  • Multiple sclerosis NOS
  • Multiple sclerosis of brain stem
  • Multiple sclerosis of cord

Coder workflow for G35.D

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

Before you code G35.D

  1. Unspecified does not mean incorrect. When the record gives no greater specificity, G35.D may be the appropriate code. Check the record for detail that supports a more specific sibling. An unspecified code is for records that do not provide the detail a more specific code needs; a query, not an assumption, is the route to specificity (Guidelines I.A.9.b, I.B.18).

    ReviewG35.A, G35.B, G35.C

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

Choose the right path

  1. Does the record document the detail a more specific sibling code needs?
    Yes → Review the specific siblings in this subcategory.
    No → Continue — G35.D is appropriate when the documentation goes no further.

    ReviewG35.A, G35.B, G35.C

Consider G35.D. 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).
Any detail beyond this code’s title
What the record states that a more specific sibling code would capture — or its absence, which itself supports the unspecified code.

Coding decision scenarios

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

Documentation: The provider documents the condition in the terms of this code’s title and records no further detail.

Coding question: Is a more specific sibling code supportable?

Path: Review the specific siblings in this subcategory and what each requires the record to state.

Reason: A more specific code needs documentation of the distinguishing element; without it the unspecified code is appropriate, and a provider query is the route to specificity (Guidelines I.A.9.b, I.B.18).

ReviewG35.A, G35.B, G35.C

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.

Code Overview

Multiple sclerosis, unspecified is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (G35.D).

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

Indexed Clinical Terms (23)

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.

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 structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name G35.D 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: G37.3 — Acute transverse myelitis in demyelinating disease of central nervous system (via G35.-).

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: G04 — Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis (via G35.-).

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

Referenced by 2 Code First instructions: F02 — Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere (via G35.-), F48.2 — Pseudobulbar affect (via G35.-).

Each of these codes carries a Code First note naming this condition — when that code is reported, THIS code is sequenced first, ahead of it.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2026 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 3 MS-DRGs: DRG 058 (MDC 01), DRG 059 (MDC 01), DRG 060 (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):NVS005 — Multiple sclerosis (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 CMS-HCC risk category (V28)

CMS maps these diagnoses to the same Hierarchical Condition Category (Multiple Sclerosis) for risk-adjusted payment.

G35 — Multiple sclerosis, G35.A — Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, G35.B0 — Primary progressive multiple sclerosis, unspecified, G35.B1 — Active primary progressive multiple sclerosis, G35.B2 — Non-active primary progressive multiple sclerosis, G35.C0 — Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, unspecified, G35.C1 — Active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, G35.C2 — Non-active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, G36.0 — Neuromyelitis optica [Devic], G36.1 — Acute and subacute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis [Hurst], G36.8 — Other specified acute disseminated demyelination, G36.9 — Acute disseminated demyelination, unspecified, G37.0 — Diffuse sclerosis of central nervous system, G37.1 — Central demyelination of corpus callosum, G37.2 — Central pontine myelinolysis, G37.5 — Concentric sclerosis [Balo] of central nervous system, G37.81 — Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody disease, G37.89 — Other specified demyelinating diseases of central nervous system, G37.9 — Demyelinating disease of central nervous system, unspecified

Same clinical category (CCSR)

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

G35 — Multiple sclerosis, G35.A — Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, G35.B0 — Primary progressive multiple sclerosis, unspecified, G35.B1 — Active primary progressive multiple sclerosis, G35.B2 — Non-active primary progressive multiple sclerosis, G35.C0 — Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, unspecified, G35.C1 — Active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, G35.C2 — Non-active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis

Same Index main term, other category

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

G11.11 — Friedreich ataxia (Friedreich's), G11.9 — Hereditary ataxia, unspecified (hereditary, cerebellar), G12.21 — Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (lateral), G12.23 — Primary lateral sclerosis (primary, lateral), G20.A1 — Parkinson's disease without dyskinesia, without mention of fluctuations (in, Parkinson's disease), G20.C — Parkinsonism, unspecified (with, Parkinsonism), G25.9 — Extrapyramidal and movement disorder, unspecified (extrapyramidal), G31.01 — Pick's disease (in, Pick's), G31.09 — Other frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder (frontal), G31.83 — Neurocognitive disorder with Lewy bodies (Lewy body), G36.0 — Neuromyelitis optica [Devic] (in optic neuritis), G36.8 — Other specified acute disseminated demyelination (disseminated, acute, specified NEC), G36.9 — Acute disseminated demyelination, unspecified (disseminated, acute), G37.0 — Diffuse sclerosis of central nervous system (diffuse), G37.1 — Central demyelination of corpus callosum (corpus callosum), G37.5 — Concentric sclerosis [Balo] of central nervous system (concentric), G37.89 — Other specified demyelinating diseases of central nervous system (central nervous system, specified NEC), G37.9 — Demyelinating disease of central nervous system, unspecified (brain), G61.0 — Guillain-Barre syndrome (spinal, ascending), G93.81 — Temporal sclerosis (temporal), +138 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of G35.D 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 G35.D with these 4 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

Referenced by Code First instructions

Clinical classification (CCSR)

Risk adjustment (CMS-HCC)

  • HCC 198 — Multiple Sclerosis [CMS-HCC]— CMS-HCC V28 · 2026

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. 8,892 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026

Index entries (23)

  • Dementia (degenerative (primary)) (persisting) (unspecified severity) (without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety), in (due to), multiple, sclerosis[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Dementia (degenerative (primary)) (persisting) (unspecified severity) (without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety), in (due to), multiple, sclerosis, with behavioral disturbance[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Demyelination, demyelinization, global[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Disease, diseased, demyelinating, demyelinizating (nervous system), multiple sclerosis[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Myelosclerosis, disseminated, of nervous system[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Sclérose en plaques[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Sclerosis, sclerotic, ascending multiple[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Sclerosis, sclerotic, brain (generalized) (lobular), disseminated[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • and 15 more

Nearest codes (10)

Change history

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
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 — v43 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Risk adjustment Official source data
2026 Mid-Year Final ICD-10 Mappings + Model Software (cms.gov/files/zip/2026-midyear-final-icd-10-mappings.zip, 2026-midyear-final-model-software.zip) — CMS-HCC V28, PY2026 mid-year final release 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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MedCoder.ai. "G35.D — Multiple sclerosis, unspecified." ICD-10-CM FY2026. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/g35.d-multiple-sclerosis-unspecified

Change history

  • FY2026 — October 1, 2025
    Added to the code set
    Multiple sclerosis, unspecified
    FY2026 changes

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to G35.D in its code family, with their registry titles.

View all codes in the G35 family