G36.0 Neuromyelitis optica [Devic]

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Type 1 Excludes

optic neuritis NOS (H46)

Applicable To

Demyelination in optic neuritis

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Demyelination, demyelinization
Disease, diseased See also Syndrome
Myelitis (acute) (ascending) (childhood) (chronic) (descending) (diffuse) (disseminated) (idiopathic) (pressure) (progressive) (spinal cord) (subacute) See also Encephalitis G04.91
Neuritis (rheumatoid) M79.2
optic (nerve) (hereditary) (sympathetic) H46.9

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Code Title
G00-G99 Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
G35-G37 Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system (G35-G37)
G36 Other acute disseminated demyelination
G36.0 Neuromyelitis optica [Devic]
Type 1 Excludes
optic neuritis NOS (H46)

Applicable to
Demyelination in optic neuritis