G37.0 Diffuse sclerosis of central nervous system

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Periaxial encephalitis
• Schilder's disease

Excludes1 (never code together)

• X linked adrenoleukodystrophy (E71.52-)

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• CMS-HCC V28: HCC 198 — Multiple Sclerosis
• CMS-HCC V22: HCC 77 — Multiple Sclerosis
• RxHCC V08: HCC 159 — Multiple Sclerosis
• ESRD V24: HCC 77

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 058-060 in MDC 01.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 341.1 Schilder's disease (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to G37.0

Back-references to G37.0

• Type 1 Excludes: E71.3 Disorders of fatty-acid metabolism ("Schilder's disease (G37.0)")
• Type 1 Excludes: E71.5 Peroxisomal disorders ("Schilder's disease (G37.0)")

Diagnosis Index entries for G37.0

• Encephalitis (chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute) › periaxial
• Encephalopathy (acute) › centrolobar progressive (Schilder)
• Flatau-Schilder disease
• Schilder (-Flatau) disease
• Sclerosis, sclerotic › brain (generalized) (lobular) › diffuse
• Sclerosis, sclerotic › diffuse (brain) (spinal cord)

Nearby codes

• G37 Other demyelinating diseases of central nervous system
• G37.0 Diffuse sclerosis of central nervous system (this code)
• G37.1 Central demyelination of corpus callosum
• G37.2 Central pontine myelinolysis
• G37.3 Acute transverse myelitis in demyelinating disease of central nervous system
• G37.4 Subacute necrotizing myelitis of central nervous system
• G37.5 Concentric sclerosis [Balo] of central nervous system