ICD-10-CM · Chapter 6 · G00–G99
G96.819
Other intracranial hypotension
Diseases of the nervous system
Quick facts
- Code
- G96.819
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 6 — Diseases of the nervous system
- Category
- G96 — Other disorders of central nervous system
- Specificity
- 6 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM G96.819 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of other intracranial hypotension. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in G96
- 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)
- G96.19Other disorders of meninges, not elsewhere classified
- G96.191Perineural cyst
- G96.198Other disorders of meninges, not elsewhere classified
- G96.8Other specified disorders of central nervous system
- G96.81Intracranial hypotension
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