G31.87: Primary progressive apraxia of speech

New code · FY2026

Billable: use this code on claims.

• New code, effective October 1, 2025 (FY2026).

Code breakdown

Coding notes

Excludes2 (from G31)

• Reye's syndrome (G93.7)

Use additional code (from G31)

• code, if applicable, for codes G31.0-G31.83, G31.85-G31.9, to identify:
• dementia with anxiety (F02.84, F02.A4, F02.B4, F02.C4)
• dementia with behavioral disturbance (F02.81-, F02.A1-, F02.B1-, F02.C1-)
• dementia with mood disturbance (F02.83, F02.A3, F02.B3, F02.C3)
• dementia with psychotic disturbance (F02.82, F02.A2, F02.B2, F02.C2)
• dementia without behavioral disturbance (F02.80, F02.A0, F02.B0, F02.C0)
• mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)

Medicare coverage

G31.87 is listed as a covered diagnosis in 12 Medicare billing and coding articles:

• A53052 Billing and Coding: Home Health Speech-Language Pathology
• A54111 Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
• A56612 Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
• A56639 Billing and Coding: Hospice Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders
• A56641 Billing and Coding: Home Health Skilled Nursing Care-Teaching and Training: Alzheimer's Disease and Behavioral Disturbances
• A56775 Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography
• A56868 Billing and Coding: Outpatient Speech Language Pathology
• A57065 Billing and Coding: Outpatient Psychiatry and Psychology Services
• A57130 Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Codes
• A57204 Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

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All FY2026 ICD-10-CM changes

ICD-10-CM codes and descriptions are from the CMS and NCHS code files. Coverage is from the CMS Medicare Coverage Database billing and coding articles.