Migraine with aura without mention of refractory migraine
Applies from G43 Migraine
Excludes1 (never code together)
headache NOS (R51.9)
lower half migraine (G44.00)
Excludes2 (not included here)
headache syndromes (G44.-)
Use additional code
code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
Notes
the following terms are to be considered equivalent to intractable: pharmacoresistant (pharmacologically resistant), treatment resistant, refractory (medically) and poorly controlled
Applies from G43.1 Migraine with aura
Applicable to
Basilar migraine
Classical migraine
Migraine equivalents
Migraine preceded or accompanied by transient focal neurological phenomena
Migraine triggered seizures
Migraine with acute-onset aura
Migraine with aura without headache (migraine equivalents)
Migraine with prolonged aura
Migraine with typical aura
Retinal migraine
Excludes1 (never code together)
chronic migraine with aura (G43.E-)
persistent migraine aura (G43.5-, G43.6-)
Code also
any associated seizure (G40.-, R56.9)
Codes under G43.10
G43.101 Migraine with aura, not intractable, with status migrainosus
G43.109 Migraine with aura, not intractable, without status migrainosus
Code annotations containing back-references to G43.10
Back-references to G43.1
Type 1 Excludes: G43.E Chronic migraine with aura ("migraine with aura (G43.1-)")
Back-references to G43
Type 2 Excludes: G44 Other headache syndromes ("migraines (G43.-)")
Type 2 Excludes: G44.1 Vascular headache, not elsewhere classified ("migraine (G43.-)")
Type 2 Excludes: G89 Pain, not elsewhere classified ("migraines (G43.-)")
Type 2 Excludes: R51 Headache ("migraine and other headache syndromes (G43-G44)")
Nearby codes
G43.009 Migraine without aura, not intractable, without status migrainosus