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ICD-10/G43.901

G43.901 ICD-10-CM Code: Migraine, unspecified, not intractable, with status migrainosus

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

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0 (FY2026), Appendix B.

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.

Code Set: Valid FY2026 and FY2027. FY2026 took effect October 1, 2025.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Migraine, unspecified, not intractable, with status migrainosus is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (G43.901).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for G43.901 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Status migrainosus NOS

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.

  • lower half migraine (G44.00)

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

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

  • headache NOS (R51.9)
  • headache syndromes (G44.-)

Use Additional Code

Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.

  • Use additional code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to G43.901 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • G43.83 — Menstrual migraine, intractable
  • G43.831 — Menstrual migraine, intractable, with status migrainosus
  • G43.839 — Menstrual migraine, intractable, without status migrainosus
  • G43.9 — Migraine, unspecified
  • G43.90 — Migraine, unspecified, not intractable
  • G43.909 — Migraine, unspecified, not intractable, without status migrainosus
  • G43.91 — Migraine, unspecified, intractable
  • G43.911 — Migraine, unspecified, intractable, with status migrainosus
  • G43.919 — Migraine, unspecified, intractable, without status migrainosus
  • G43.A — Cyclical vomiting

View all codes in the G43 family

Indexed Clinical Terms (2)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Migraine (idiopathic), not intractable, with status migrainosus
  • Migraine (idiopathic), without refractory migraine, with status migrainosus