2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G11.6
Leukodystrophy with vanishing white matter disease
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- G11.6
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Leukodystrophy with vanishing white matter disease
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Code Navigator:
G11.6 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of leukodystrophy with vanishing white matter disease. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Vanishing white matter disease
New 2024 ICD-10-CM Code
G11.6 is new to ICD-10-CM code set for the FY 2024, effective October 1, 2023. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has published an update to the ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes which became effective October 1, 2023. This is a new and revised code for the FY 2024 (October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2024).
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).
- - Leukodystrophy - G31.80
- - with vanishing white matter disease - G11.6
Replacement Code
G116 replaces the following previously assigned ICD-10-CM code(s):
- G11.8 - Other hereditary ataxias
Code History
- FY 2024 - Code Added, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024