Intractable epilepsy is when seizures can't be completely controlled by medicines. (Intractable means "not easily managed or relieved.") It's also called refractory, uncontrolled, or drug-resistant epilepsy.
The single ICD-9 code, 345.0 Generalized nonconvulsive epilepsy, would be used for Childhood absence epilepsy and Juvenile absence epilepsy. Similarly the ICD-10 code, G40.
ICD-10 code G40. 919 for Epilepsy, unspecified, intractable, without status epilepticus is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .
G40. 909 Epilepsy, unsp, not intractable, without status epilepticus - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.
909 for Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable, without status epilepticus is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .
ICD-10 Code for Unspecified convulsions- R56. 9- Codify by AAPC.
*When documenting epilepsy control, the following terms are considered equivalent to intractable: pharmacoresistant, treatment resistant, refractory, and poorly controlled.
Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable These episodes may or may not be associated with loss of consciousness or convulsions. A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge.
There are many kinds of generalized seizures, including:generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTC)tonic seizures.clonic seizures.absence seizures.myoclonic seizures.atonic seizures.infantile or epileptic spasms.
1 : not easily governed, managed, or directed intractable problems. 2 : not easily relieved or cured intractable pain.
ICD-10 code R79. 89 for Other specified abnormal findings of blood chemistry is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .
89 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G40. 89 - other international versions of ICD-10 G40.
345.91 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of epilepsy, unspecified, with intractable epilepsy. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes people to have recurring seizures. The seizures happen when clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain send out the wrong signals. People may have strange sensations and emotions or behave strangely. They may have violent muscle spasms or lose consciousness.
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.