348.81 TEMPORAL SCLEROSIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 348.81

Short Description: Temporal sclerosis

Long Description: Temporal sclerosis

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the nervous system (320–359)
    • Other disorders of the central nervous system (340-349)
      • 348 Other conditions of brain
        • 348.81 Temporal sclerosis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 348.81 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Automatism 348.89
    • with temporal sclerosis 348.81
  • Sclerosis, sclerotic
    • brain (general) (lobular) 348.89
      • hippocampal 348.81
      • mesial temporal 348.81
      • temporal 348.81
        • mesial 348.81
    • hippocampal 348.81
    • mesial temporal 348.81
    • temporal 348.81
      • mesial 348.81

Crosswalk Information

The code 348.81 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
348.81 Right Arrow G93.81 Temporal sclerosis
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
348.0 Cerebral cysts
348.1 Anoxic brain damage
348.2 Benign intracranial hypertension
348.30 Encephalopathy, unspecified
348.31 Metabolic encephalopathy
348.39 Other encephalopathy
348.4 Compression of brain
348.5 Cerebral edema
348.82 Brain death
348.89 Other conditions of brain
348.9 Unspecified condition of brain


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