G40.2
Header — not billableLocalization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures
The ICD-10 code for localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures is G40.2.
G40.2 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 2 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Also known as
Alternate wording, synonyms, or specific conditions that fall under this code, listed to help confirm you've picked the right one.
- Attacks with alteration of consciousness, often with automatisms
- Complex partial seizures developing into secondarily generalized seizures
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under G40.2
- G40.20Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures, not intractablenon-billable header
- G40.21Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures, intractablenon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- G40.0Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with seizures of localized onsetnon-billable header
- G40.1Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with simple partial seizuresnon-billable header
- G40.3Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromesnon-billable header
- G40.4Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic syndromesnon-billable header
- G40.5Epileptic seizures related to external causesnon-billable header
- G40.8Other epilepsy and recurrent seizuresnon-billable header
- G40.9Epilepsy, unspecifiednon-billable header
- G40.AAbsence epileptic syndromenon-billable header
- G40.BJuvenile myoclonic epilepsy [impulsive petit mal]non-billable header
- G40.CLafora progressive myoclonus epilepsynon-billable header
- G40.2Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizuresnon-billable header