331.3 COMMUNICAT HYDROCEPHALUS

Code Information

  • Diagnosis Code: 331.3
  • Short Description: Communicat hydrocephalus
  • Long Description: Communicating hydrocephalus
  • Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Code Classification

  • Diseases of the nervous system (320–359)
    • Hereditary and degenerative diseases of the central nervous system (330-337)
      • 331 Other cerebral degenerations
        • 331.3 Communicat hydrocephalus

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 331.3 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

  • Block
    • foramen Magendie (acquired) 331.3
      • congenital 742.3
        • with spina bifida (see also Spina bifida) 741.0
  • Hydrocephalus (acquired) (external) (internal) (malignant) (noncommunicating) (obstructive) (recurrent) 331.4
    • communicating 331.3
    • foramen Magendie block (acquired) 331.3
      • congenital 742.3
        • with spina bifida (see also Spina bifida) 741.0
    • normal pressure 331.5
      • secondary 331.3
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • malabsorption 579.9
      • spinal fluid 331.3
    • spinal cord injury - see also Injury, spinal, by site
      • fluid malabsorption (acquired) 331.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 331.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
331.3 Right Arrow G91.0 Communicating hydrocephalus
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
331.0 Alzheimer's disease
331.11 Pick's disease
331.19 Other frontotemporal dementia
331.2 Senile degeneration of brain
331.4 Obstructive hydrocephalus
331.5 Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH)
331.6 Corticobasal degeneration
331.7 Cerebral degeneration in diseases classified elsewhere
331.81 Reye's syndrome
331.82 Dementia with lewy bodies
331.83 Mild cognitive impairment, so stated
331.89 Other cerebral degeneration
331.9 Cerebral degeneration, unspecified
This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014
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