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R51.9 diagnosis code · Billable code · FY2027

R51.9 Headache, unspecified

  • Billable
  • Not CC/MCC
  • POA reported

R51.9 ICD-10 code: a billable diagnosis code in FY2027, one of 2 billable codes in category R51.

ICD-10 code by name

What is the ICD-10 code for headache, unspecified?
Headache ICD-10 code: R51.9 Headache, unspecified. Alphabetic Index: Headache → R51.9. Search ICD-10 for headache
CC / MCC
Neither
MS-DRG
102-103
HCC V28
–
POA
Reported
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Index entries
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Instructions

At R51.9

Inclusion terms

  • Facial pain NOS

Notes that also apply

Excludes2 from R51

  • atypical face pain (G50.1) G50.1
  • migraine and other headache syndromes (G43-G44) G43 G44
  • trigeminal neuralgia (G50.0) G50.0

Chapter 18 instructions (Notes 9, Excludes2 4): printed on the chapter 18 page.

Index entries

  • Headache → R51.9
  • Headachechronic daily → R51.9
  • Headachedaily chronic → R51.9
  • Headachenasal septum → R51.9
  • Pain(s)face, facial → R51.9

NCHS Alphabetic Index. Index first, then the Tabular List.

Medicare grouping and edits

CMS files for R51.9
CC / MCCNeither
Appendix BMDC 01 Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System, MS-DRG 102-103 (Headaches with MCC…)
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POAReported
HCC V28–

CMS: MS-DRG v44 (Appendix B, C), MCE v44, POA list FY2027, 2027 Initial ICD-10-CM Mappings. What the rows mean.

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