Version 2024

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G37.89

Other specified demyelinating diseases of central nervous system

ICD-10-CM Code:
G37.89
ICD-10 Code for:
Other specified demyelinating diseases of cnsl
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Diseases of the nervous system
    (G00–G99)
    • Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system
      (G35-G37)
      • Other demyelinating diseases of central nervous system
        (G37)

G37.89 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other specified demyelinating diseases of central nervous system. 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:

  • 4H leukodystrophy
  • Central nervous system demyelination due to Lyme borreliosis
  • Central pontine myelinolysis
  • Clinically isolated syndrome
  • Clinically isolated syndrome
  • Clinically isolated syndrome
  • Clinically isolated syndrome
  • Clinically isolated syndrome of brainstem
  • Clinically isolated syndrome of cerebellum
  • Demyelination due to systemic vasculitis
  • Demyelination of central nervous system due to Behcet disease
  • Extrapontine myelinolysis
  • Late tooth eruption
  • Leukoencephalopathy, ataxia, hypodontia, hypomyelination syndrome
  • Monofocal clinically isolated syndrome
  • Mucocutaneous Behçet disease
  • Multifocal clinically isolated syndrome
  • Osmotic demyelination syndrome
  • Radiologically isolated syndrome

New 2024 ICD-10-CM Code

G37.89 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).

Replacement Code

G3789 replaces the following previously assigned ICD-10-CM code(s):

  • G37.8 - Oth demyelinating diseases of central nervous system

Code History

  • FY 2024 - Code Added, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024