icd-10 code for 334.3

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ICD-10 Equivalent of 334.3

As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an approximate match to ICD-9 code 334.3:

Historical Information for ICD-9 Code 334.3

Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.

ICD-10 Equivalent of 334

As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an exact match to ICD-9 code 334:

Historical Information for ICD-9 Code 334

Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.

Not Valid for Submission

334.3 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other cerebellar ataxia. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

Information for Patients

When you play the piano or hit a tennis ball you are activating the cerebellum. The cerebellum is the area of the brain that controls coordination and balance. Problems with the cerebellum include

ICD-9 Footnotes

General Equivalence Map Definitions The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.