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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.
Pseudoseizures, psychogenic seizures, and hysterical seizures are older terms used to describe events that clinically resemble epileptic seizures but occur without the excessive synchronous cortical electroencephalographic activity that defines epileptic seizures.
The ICD-10 diagnosis code for conversion disorder with seizures or convulsions is F44. 5. This code is applicable to dissociative convulsions. Alternate terms used to indicate PNES are: non-epileptic attack disorder, functional seizures, stress seizures, psychogenic seizures, and pseudoseizures.
In the past, people referred to pseudoseizures. However, the use of “pseudo” can imply that a person is pretending to have a seizure, which is not the case. For this reason, the preferred term is now psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). A doctor may also refer to them as psychogenic nonepileptic episodes (EPEE).
During an attack, findings such as asynchronous or side-to-side movements, crying, and eye closure suggest pseudoseizures, whereas occurrence during sleep indicates a true seizure.
Per the recent Coding Clinic cited above, a diagnosis of pseudoseizure without mention of conversion disorder is coded to R56. 9, Unspecified convulsions.
ICD-10-CM Diagnostic Coding for Non-Epileptic Seizures. G40 Codes and R56. 9 track patients to the Seizure MS-DRGs 100 and 101 for hospital admissions with most EMU patients admitted under MS-DRG 101 – Seizures without major co-morbidities and complications. F44.
Medical professionals previously referred to PNES as “pseudoseizures.” This term is outdated and not generally preferred by neurologists. “Pseudo” is a Latin word meaning false. However, nonepileptic seizures are as real as epileptic seizures and are not consciously or purposefully produced.
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures are episodes of movement, sensation, or behaviors that are similar to epileptic seizures but do not have a neurologic origin; rather, they are somatic manifestations of psychologic distress.
PNES are attacks that may look like epileptic seizures but are not caused by abnormal brain electrical discharges. Instead, they are a manifestation of psychological distress. PNES are not a unique disorder but are a specific type of a larger group of psychiatric conditions that manifest as physical symptoms.
They have been previously called pseudoseizures, but that term is mislead- ing. These seizures are quite real, and people who have them do not have conscious, voluntary control over them.
PNES may look like epileptic seizures. But epileptic seizures usually follow the same pattern every time. With PNES, each episode may be different. During a PNES episode, you may have jerky movements, tingling skin, or problems with coordination.
However, the difference between epileptic and non-epileptic seizures is their underlying cause. Non-epileptic seizures (NES) are not caused by disrupted electrical activity in the brain and so are different from epilepsy. They can have a number of different causes.
Update on Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures. In the 19th century, the phenomenon became a passion of French neurologist Jean Charcot, who identified it primarily as a neurological disorder with psychological underpinnings that could, in some cases, be treated by hypnosis.
The prognosis of the disorder, like its etiology, is varied. With no intervention, slightly more than one-third of 260 patients with PNES were seizure-free at 1-year follow-up. 16 Psychological factors that predict poor prognosis include dissociative tendencies, somatization, negativism, and depression. Keep in mind, however, that seizure frequency may not always correlate with quality of life, and patients who are seizure-free with untreated comorbid psychiatric disorders may be as impaired as those who continue to experience seizures.
The results from a small (N = 19) open-label, 5-month prospective study of patients with PNES showed that venlafaxine reduced the number of seizures by more than 50% in 15 patients with an average dose of 189.71 mg daily. 21 It should be noted that participants with psychiatric comorbidities were not excluded from SSRI studies.
As mentioned above, one of the conditions in the differential diagnosis of PNES is epilepsy. Table 3 summarizes various sites of seizure origin and likely semiology. (For a more complete description of epileptic semiology, see the article by Noachtar and Peters. 14)
Non-epileptic status, a prolonged episode of seizure-like symptoms that lasts more than 30 minutes, was reported by one-third of patients in one study. 9 However, unlike status epilepticus, non-epileptic status does not pose an imminent risk of brain injury.
However, a routine EEG that lasts 20 to 30 minutes has a 1% chance of capturing even an epileptic seizure and is an insufficient substitute. Ambulatory EEG has also not been shown to be a reliable diagnostic test for PNES. The Nonepileptic Seizures Task Force for the International League Against Epilepsy published a staged diagnostic approach to PNES. 8 Some of their recommendations are reviewed here; however, we encourage readers to refer to the article for a more comprehensive review.
Research into pharmacological treatment for PNES has focused on SSRIs as first-line treatment. LaFrance and colleagues 19 randomized 34 patients to CBT only, CBT with flexible-dose sertraline, antidepressant only, and treatment as usual. Patients in the CBT-only group and the CBT-plus-flexible-dose-sertraline group showed a significant reduction in seizure frequency. In another study comprising 38 patients, LaFrance and colleagues 20 found no statistical difference in the SSRI group and placebo group in seizure reduction. However, a within-group analysis showed a 45% reduction in seizure events in the SSRI group at 12 weeks.
A fifth character may be used to specify dementia in F00-F03, as follows:
F31.1 Bipolar affective disorder, current episode manic without psychotic symptoms
F52.9 Unspecified sexual dysfunction, not caused by organic disorder or disease
F66 Psychological and behavioural disorders associated with sexual development and orientation
A fourth character may be used to specify the extent of associated impairment of behaviour:
F84.4 Overactive disorder associated with mental retardation and stereotyped movements
F94 Disorders of social functioning with onset specific to childhood and adolescence
ICD 10 Codes F01-F09 is the category that will be used to specify Mental Disorders caused by any known physiological condition, in between the code will have subcategories specifying specific conditions attributed to physiological factors.
F40-F49 ICD-10 codes will be used to specify mental disorders involving anxiety, dissociative stress related Somatoform and other forms of Nonpsychotic Mental disorders.
ICD10 and DSM-V Codes for Mental Health Disorders. Medical practitioners will be forced to use both ICD-10 codes with DSM-V codes while carrying out any coding of any mental disorder. The reason why mental health professionals can use the DSM-IV for diagnosis is because the DSM derives its code numbers from the ICD.
With the new ICD-10 mental coding system, there have been some revisions on the classification of mental conditions with more granularity and greater detail. ICD-10 codes for mental health will be specific and standardized for specific conditions. ICD-10 codes for mental health will incorporate more categories subcategories and codes.
F20-F29 will be used to specify Schizophrenia Schizotypal, Delusional and any other form of Non mood disorders.
Currently, the DSM-IV code numbers reflect the ICD-9-CM codes. However, the DSM-5 codes will have to reflect those from the ICD-10-CM because use of the ICD-10-CM became mandatory for all health professionals in October 2014.