Diagnosis Code: 349.2

Short Description: Disorder of meninges NEC

Long Description: Disorders of meninges, not elsewhere classified

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
      • 349.2 Disorder of meninges NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Acquired meningocele
• Acquired pseudomeningocele
• Adhesions - cerebral meninges
• Adhesions - spinal meninges
• Cyst of spinal meninges
• Disorder of meninges
• Ependymal cyst of spinal cord
• Extradural spinal arachnoid cyst
• Intradural spinal arachnoid cyst
• Intraspinal epidural granuloma
• Intraspinal granuloma
• Intraspinal subdural granuloma
• Meningeal adhesions
• Meningeal cyst
• Meningocele - cerebral
• Meningocele - cranial
• Postoperative meningocele
• Pseudomeningocele
• Spinal arachnoid cyst
• Spinal epidermoid cyst
• Traumatic cyst of leptomeninges
• Traumatic meningocele

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 349.2 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Adhesion(s), adhesive (postinfectional) (postoperative)
  • meninges 349.2
    • cerebral (any) 349.2
      • congenital 742.4
    • congenital 742.8
    • spinal (any) 349.2
      • congenital 742.59
    • tuberculous (cerebral) (spinal) (see also Tuberculosis, meninges) 013.0
  • spinal canal 349.2
    • nerve 355.9
      • root 724.9
        • cervical NEC 723.4
        • lumbar NEC 724.4
        • lumbosacral 724.4
        • thoracic 724.4

• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) 759.9
  • meningocele (see also Spina bifida) 741.9
    • acquired 349.2

• Calcification
  • choroid plexus 349.2
  • meninges (cerebral) 349.2

• Cyst (mucus) (retention) (serous) (simple)
  • dura (cerebral) 348.0
    • spinal 349.2
  • meninges (cerebral) 348.0
    • spinal 349.2
  • spinal meninges 349.2
  • subdural (cerebral) 348.0
    • spinal cord 349.2

• Deformity 738.9
  • choroid (congenital) 743.9
    • plexus (congenital) 742.9
      • acquired 349.2
  • dura (congenital) 742.9
    • brain 742.4
      • acquired 349.2
    • spinal 742.59
      • acquired 349.2
  • meninges or membrane (congenital) 742.9
    • brain 742.4
      • acquired 349.2
    • spinal (cord) 742.59
      • acquired 349.2

• Ependymopathy 349.2
  • spinal cord 349.2

• Fibrosis, fibrotic
  • meninges 349.2

• Meningitis (basal) (basic) (basilar) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetica) (toxic) 322.9
  • ossificans 349.2

• Meningocele (congenital) (spinal) (see also Spina bifida) 741.9
  • acquired (traumatic) 349.2

• Ossification
  • falx cerebri 349.2
  • meninges (cerebral) 349.2
    • spinal 336.8

• Pseudomeningocele (cerebral) (infective) 349.2
  • postprocedural 997.01
  • spinal 349.2

Crosswalk Information

The code 349.2 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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