What is the correct ICD-10-CM code to report the External Cause? Your Answer: V80.010S The External cause code is used for each encounter for which the injury or condition is being treated.
Why ICD-10 codes are important
Other seizures
The ICD-10-CM is a catalog of diagnosis codes used by medical professionals for medical coding and reporting in health care settings. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the catalog in the U.S. releasing yearly updates.
ICD-10 Code for Unspecified convulsions- R56. 9- Codify by AAPC.
ICD-10 | Other seizures (G40. 89)
9 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of R56. 9 - other international versions of ICD-10 R56.
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z86. 69: Personal history of other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs.
Code Assignment A seizure episode is classified to ICD-9-CM code 780.39, Other convulsions. This code also includes convulsive disorder not otherwise specified (NOS), fit NOS, and recurrent convulsions NOS. Basically, code 780.39 is for the single episode of a seizure.
If trauma related, ICD-10-CM code R56. 1 (post-traumatic seizures) may be appropriate, depending on the circumstances outlined in the documentation.
ICD-10-CM Diagnostic Coding for Non-Epileptic Seizures. G40 Codes and R56.
ICD-10-CM Code for Epilepsy and recurrent seizures G40.
Our physicians have used IDC-10 code F07. 81 as the primary diagnosis for patients presenting with post concussion syndrome.
9X9A: Unspecified intracranial injury with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration, initial encounter.
Z86. 69 - Personal history of other diseases of the nervous system and sense organs | ICD-10-CM.