Basic information about ICD 10 code for Insomnia

Insomnia is a common sleep disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep, hard to stay asleep. If you have it, you may have trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or both. ICD-Code G47.00 is a billable ICD-10 code used for healthcare diagnosis reimbursement of Insomnia, Unspecified. Its corresponding ICD-9 code is 780.52.

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• G47.00 Insomnia, unspecified
• G47.01 Insomnia due to medical condition
• G47.09 Other insomnia

Approximate Synonyms

• Insomnia
• Insomnia disorder
• Insomnia disorder related to known organic factor
• Insomnia disorder, episodic
• Insomnia disorder, recurrent
• Organic insomnia

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Basic ICD-10 INFORMATION

World Health Organization (WHO) authorized the publication of the International Classification of DiseasesExternal 10th Revision (ICD-10), which was implemented for mortality coding and classification from death certificates in the U.S. in 1999. The U.S. developed a Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) for medical diagnoses based on WHO’s ICD-10.  This medical classification list is generated by the World Health Organization (WHO), and is used to help healthcare providers identify and code health conditions.

ICD-10 is required for use by physicians and healthcare providers under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and will replace all ICD-9 code sets. There are nearly 5 times as many diagnosis codes in ICD-10-CM than in ICD-9-CM.ICD-10 has alphanumeric categories instead of numeric ones.