FY2026 · AprilSelected edition
Effective from
- Inherited rules changed
Ophthalmoplegic migraine
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2026 · Aprilcode for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
lower half migraine (G44.00)
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Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.
Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗First observed · 2015-10-01
Latest recorded change · FY2026 · April
Effective from
Ophthalmoplegic migraine
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2026 · April| All editions | Effective from | Code history |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 2015-10-01 | First observed |
| FY2017 | 2016-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2018 | 2017-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2019 | 2018-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 | 2019-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 · April | 2020-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 | 2020-10-01 | Inherited rules changed |
| FY2021 · 01-01 | 2021-01-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 | 2021-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 · 04-01 | 2022-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 | 2022-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 · 04-01 | 2023-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 | 2023-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 · 04-01 | 2024-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 | 2024-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 · 04-01 | 2025-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 | 2025-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 · April | 2026-04-01 | Inherited rules changed |
| FY2027 | 2026-10-01 | No tabular change |
The official Tabular List has no additional instructions at this code level.
Review the instructions inherited from its parent categories below. Inherited instructions ↓
lower half migraine (G44.00)
code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
the following terms are to be considered equivalent to intractable: pharmacoresistant (pharmacologically resistant), treatment resistant, refractory (medically) and poorly controlled
Other entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| G43.0 | Migraine without aura | Category · further specificity required |
| G43.1 | Migraine with aura | Category · further specificity required |
| G43.4 | Hemiplegic migraine | Category · further specificity required |
| G43.5 | Persistent migraine aura without cerebral infarction | Category · further specificity required |
| G43.6 | Persistent migraine aura with cerebral infarction | Category · further specificity required |
| G43.7 | Chronic migraine without aura | Category · further specificity required |
| G43.8 | Other migraine | Category · further specificity required |
| G43.9 | Migraine, unspecified | Category · further specificity required |
| G43.A | Cyclical vomiting | Category · further specificity required |
| G43.C | Periodic headache syndromes in child or adult | Category · further specificity required |
| G43.D | Abdominal migraine | Category · further specificity required |
| G43.E | Chronic migraine with aura | Category · further specificity required |
Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗