339.12 - Chronic Tension Type Headache
The ICD 9 Code for Chronic tension type headache is listed as 339.12.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 339.12 |
| Long Description: | Chronic tension type headache |
| Short Description: | Chronic tension headache |
| Chapter: | Diseases Of The Nervous System And Sense Organs |
| Block: | Other Headache Syndromes (339-339) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | G44.221 - Chronic tension-type headache, intractable (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | G44.229 - Chronic tension-type headache, not intractable (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 339.12: | |
| 339.10 - Tension type headache, unspecified | |
| 339.11 - Episodic tension type headache | |