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Diagnosis Code

G93.5 COMPRESSION OF BRAIN


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: G93.5

Short Description: Compression of brain

Long Description: Compression of brain

The code G93.5 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G99)
    • Other disorders of the nervous system (G89-G99)
      • Other disorders of brain (G93)
        • G93.5 Compression of brain

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Brain stem compression
  • Brain stem herniation
  • Central transtentorial herniation
  • Cerebellar hernia
  • Cerebellar pressure cone
  • Cerebral herniation
  • Chiari malformation
  • Chiari malformation type I
  • Compression of brain
  • Compression of brain due to focal lesion
  • Compression of optic radiation
  • Compression of visual cortex
  • Herniation under falx cerebri
  • Hindbrain hernia headache
  • Non-traumatic hematoma of subdural space of neuraxis
  • Non-traumatic intracranial subdural hematoma
  • Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage with brain compression
  • Nontraumatic subdural hematoma with brain compression
  • Non-traumatic subdural hemorrhage
  • Optic radiation disorder
  • Posterior fossa compression syndrome
  • Spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage with compression of brain
  • Tonsillar hernia into foramen magnum
  • Transtentorial hernia
  • Transtentorial herniation downwards
  • Transtentorial herniation upwards
  • Uncinate herniation
  • Upwards herniation of cerebellum

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code G93.5 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Arnold-Chiari type 1 compression of brain
    • Compression of brain (stem)
    • Herniation of brain (stem)
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • traumatic compression of brain (@S06.A*-)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
G93.5 Right Arrow 348.4 Compression of brain

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
G93 Other disorders of brain
G93.0 Cerebral cysts
G93.1 Anoxic brain damage, not elsewhere classified
G93.2 Benign intracranial hypertension
G93.3 Postviral and related fatigue syndromes
G93.31 Postviral fatigue syndrome
G93.32 Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
G93.39 Other post infection and related fatigue syndromes
G93.4 Other and unspecified encephalopathy
G93.40 Encephalopathy, unspecified
G93.41 Metabolic encephalopathy
G93.42 Megaloencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts
G93.43 Leukoencephalopathy with calcifications and cysts
G93.44 Adult-onset leukodystrophy with axonal spheroids
G93.49 Other encephalopathy
G93.6 Cerebral edema
G93.7 Reye's syndrome
G93.8 Other specified disorders of brain
G93.81 Temporal sclerosis
G93.82 Brain death
G93.89 Other specified disorders of brain
G93.9 Disorder of brain, unspecified

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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