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ICD-10/G44.019

G44.019 ICD-10-CM Code: Episodic cluster headache, not intractable

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

Episodic cluster headache, not intractable is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (G44.019).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for G44.019 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Episodic cluster headache NOS

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

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

  • headache NOS (R51.9)

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

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

  • atypical facial pain (G50.1)
  • headache due to lumbar puncture (G97.1)
  • migraines (G43.-)
  • trigeminal neuralgia (G50.0)

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to G44.019 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • G44.00 — Cluster headache syndrome, unspecified
  • G44.001 — Cluster headache syndrome, unspecified, intractable
  • G44.009 — Cluster headache syndrome, unspecified, not intractable
  • G44.01 — Episodic cluster headache
  • G44.011 — Episodic cluster headache, intractable
  • G44.02 — Chronic cluster headache
  • G44.021 — Chronic cluster headache, intractable
  • G44.029 — Chronic cluster headache, not intractable
  • G44.03 — Episodic paroxysmal hemicrania
  • G44.031 — Episodic paroxysmal hemicrania, intractable

View all codes in the G44 family

Indexed Clinical Terms (2)

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

  • Headache, cluster, episodic
  • Headache, cluster, episodic, not intractable