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ICD-10-CM G96.81 — Intracranial hypotension | Codelle

ICD-10-CM/G96.8/G96.81

G96.81

ICD-10-CM

Intracranial hypotension

Clinical Notes

Code also

any associated diagnoses, such as:
Brachial amyotrophy (G54.5)
Cerebrospinal fluid leak from spine (G96.02)
Cranial nerve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere (G53)
Nerve root and compressions in diseases classified elsewhere (G55)
Nonpyogenic thrombosis of intracranial venous system (I67.6)
Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage (I61.-)
Nontraumatic subdural hemorrhage (I62.0-)
Other and unspecified cord compression (G95.2-)
Other secondary parkinsonism (G21.8)
Reversible cerebrovascular vasoconstriction syndrome (I67.841)
Spinal cord herniation (G95.89)
Stroke (I63.-)
Syringomyelia (G95.0)

Code Hierarchy

▲G96.8Other specified disorders of central nervous system

G96.81(current)

Subcodes (3)

G96.810Intracranial hypotension, unspecified

G96.811Intracranial hypotension, spontaneous

G96.819Other intracranial hypotension

Same Category

G96Other disorders of central nervous system G96.0Cerebrospinal fluid leak G96.00Cerebrospinal fluid leak, unspecified G96.01Cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous G96.02Spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous G96.08Other cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak

G96.09Other spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak

G96.1Disorders of meninges, not elsewhere classified

G96.11Dural tear

G96.12Meningeal adhesions (cerebral) (spinal)

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