G12

Non-Billable
ChapterG00–G99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Spinal muscular atrophy and related syndromes

Metadata & Insights
  • Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • Chapter 6: Diseases of the Nervous System (G00-G99).

CH6 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH6Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
G10-G14Systemic atrophies primarily affecting the central nervous system (G10-G14)
G12Spinal muscular atrophy and related syndromesNot billable
G12.0Infantile spinal muscular atrophy, type I [Werdnig-Hoffman]Billable
G12.1Other inherited spinal muscular atrophyBillable
G12.2Motor neuron diseaseSubcodes
G12.8Other spinal muscular atrophies and related syndromesBillable
G12.9Spinal muscular atrophy, unspecifiedBillable

Applicable Ancestor Context

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chapterCH6
Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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