G40.A0
Absence epileptic syndrome, not intractable
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 17 never code together
G40code
Excludes1
G00-G99chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 4
G40.Acode
Inclusion terms
- Childhood absence epilepsy [pyknolepsy]
- Juvenile absence epilepsy
- Absence epileptic syndrome, NOS
G40code
Notes
- the following terms are to be considered equivalent to intractable: pharmacoresistant (pharmacologically resistant), treatment resistant, refractory (medically) and poorly controlled
Alongside this code 1 same parent — G40.A
Subordinate codes 2
Additional references
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