349.0 LUMBAR PUNCTURE REACTION


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 349.0

Short Description: Lumbar puncture reaction

Long Description: Reaction to spinal or lumbar puncture

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the nervous system (320–359)
    • Other disorders of the central nervous system (340-349)
      • 349 Other and unspecified disorders of the nervous system
        • 349.0 Lumbar puncture reaction

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 349.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Complications
    • lumbar puncture 349.0
    • puncture, spinal 349.0
    • spinal puncture or tap 349.0
  • Headache 784.0
    • due to
      • loss, spinal fluid 349.0
      • lumbar puncture 349.0
      • saddle block 349.0
    • lumbar puncture 349.0
    • postspinal 349.0
    • spinal 349.0
      • complicating labor and delivery 668.8
      • postpartum 668.8
    • spinal fluid loss 349.0
  • Loss
    • spinal fluid
      • headache 349.0
  • Reaction
    • fluid loss, cerebrospinal 349.0
    • lumbar puncture 349.0
    • spinal puncture 349.0
  • Syncope (near) (pre-) 780.2
    • due to lumbar puncture 349.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 349.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
349.0 Right Arrow G97.1 Other reaction to spinal and lumbar puncture
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
349.1 Nervous system complications from surgically implanted device
349.2 Disorders of meninges, not elsewhere classified
349.31 Accidental puncture or laceration of dura during a procedure
349.39 Other dural tear
349.81 Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea
349.82 Toxic encephalopathy
349.89 Other specified disorders of nervous system
349.9 Unspecified disorders of nervous system


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