348.9 BRAIN CONDITION NOS

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 348.9

Short Description: Brain condition NOS

Long Description: Unspecified condition of brain

Code Classification:

Diseases of the nervous system (320–359)
- Other disorders of the central nervous system (340-349)
  - 348 Other conditions of brain
    - 348.9 Brain condition NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 348.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Damage
- brain 348.9
  - anoxic, hypoxic 348.1
    - during or resulting from a procedure 997.01
    - ischemic, in newborn 768.70
      - mild 768.71
      - moderate 768.72
      - severe 768.73
  - child NEC 343.9
  - due to birth injury 767.0
  - minimal (child) (see also Hyperkinesia) 314.9
  - newborn 767.0
- hypothalamus NEC 348.9

Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- brain 348.9
  - Alzheimer's 331.0
    - with dementia - see Alzheimer's, dementia
  - arterial, artery 437.9
  - arteriosclerotic 437.0
  - congenital 742.9
  - degenerative - see Degeneration, brain
  - inflammatory - see also Encephalitis
    - late effect - see category 326
  - organic 348.9
    - arteriosclerotic 437.0
  - parasitic NEC 123.9
  - Pick's 331.11
    - with dementia
      - with behavioral disturbance 331.11 [294.11]
      - without behavioral disturbance 331.11 [294.10]
  - senile 331.2
- cerebral (see also Disease, brain) 348.9
  - arterial, artery 437.9
  - degenerative - see Degeneration, brain

Crosswalk Information

The code 348.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
348.9		G93.9	Disorder of brain, unspecified

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
348.81	Temporal sclerosis
348.82	Brain death
348.89	Other conditions of brain

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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