G43.1
ICD-10Non-billable categoryMigraine with aura
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Migraine with aura
G43.1 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Inclusion terms
- Basilar migraine
- Classical migraine
- Migraine equivalents
- Migraine preceded or accompanied by transient focal neurological phenomena
- Migraine triggered seizures
- Migraine with acute-onset aura
- Migraine with aura without headache (migraine equivalents)
- Migraine with prolonged aura
- Migraine with typical aura
- Retinal migraine
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- chronic migraine with aura (G43.E-)
- persistent migraine aura (G43.5-, G43.6-)
Code also
Two codes may be needed; sequencing depends on the reason for the encounter.
- any associated seizure (G40.-, R56.9)
ICD-10-CM FY2026 defines 2 codes beneath G43.1. See the ICD-10-CM index for what this site publishes.
Related codes in G43
- G43.0Migraine without auracategory
- G43.4Hemiplegic migrainecategory
- G43.5Persistent migraine aura without cerebral infarctioncategory
- G43.6Persistent migraine aura with cerebral infarctioncategory
- G43.7Chronic migraine without auracategory
- G43.ACyclical vomitingcategory
- G43.BOphthalmoplegic migrainecategory
- G43.CPeriodic headache syndromes in child or adultcategory
- G43.DAbdominal migrainecategory
- G43.8Other migrainecategory
- G43.9Migraine, unspecifiedcategory
- G43.EChronic migraine with auracategory
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- G43
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.