G70.01 is the authoritative medical code for Myasthenia gravis with acute exacerbation. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for myasthenia gravis with acute exacerbation (ICD-10-CM G70.01), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Myasthenia gravis with acute exacerbation is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code G70.01. Inclusion terms: Myasthenia gravis in crisis. Excludes1 (not coded here): botulism (A05.1, A48.51-A48.52); transient neonatal myasthenia gravis P94.0.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for G70.01 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Inclusion Terms
Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.
- Myasthenia gravis in crisis
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
- botulism (A05.1, A48.51-A48.52)
- transient neonatal myasthenia gravis P94.0
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
What can't be coded together with G70.01?
Per Excludes1 instructions, G70.01 must not be reported with: botulism (A05.1, A48.51-A48.52); transient neonatal myasthenia gravis (P94.0).
What conditions are included under G70.01?
Myasthenia gravis with acute exacerbation includes: Myasthenia gravis in crisis.
Codes in This Family (11)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as G70.01, with their registry titles.
- G70 — Myasthenia gravis and other myoneural disorders
- G70-G73 — Diseases of myoneural junction and muscle (G70-G73)
- G70.0 — Myasthenia gravis
- G70.00 — Myasthenia gravis without (acute) exacerbation
- G70.1 — Toxic myoneural disorders
- G70.2 — Congenital and developmental myasthenia
- G70.8 — Other specified myoneural disorders
- G70.80 — Lambert-Eaton syndrome, unspecified
- G70.81 — Lambert-Eaton syndrome in disease classified elsewhere
- G70.89 — Other specified myoneural disorders
- G70.9 — Myoneural disorder, unspecified
Indexed Clinical Terms (16)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Erb-Goldflam disease or syndrome, in crisis
- Erb-Goldflam disease or syndrome, with exacerbation (acute)
- Goldflam-Erb disease or syndrome, in crisis
- Goldflam-Erb disease or syndrome, with exacerbation (acute)
- Myasthenia, gravis, in crisis
- Myasthenia, gravis, pseudoparalytica, in crisis
- Myasthenia, gravis, pseudoparalytica, with exacerbation (acute)
- Myasthenia, gravis, with exacerbation (acute)
- Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete), asthenic bulbar, in crisis
- Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete), asthenic bulbar, with exacerbation (acute)
- Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete), bulbospinal, in crisis
- Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete), bulbospinal, with exacerbation (acute)
- Syndrome, Hoppe-Goldflam, in crisis
- Syndrome, Hoppe-Goldflam, with exacerbation (acute)
- Syndrome, pseudoparalytica, in crisis
- Syndrome, pseudoparalytica, with exacerbation (acute)
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