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Diagnosis Code

A81.81 KURU


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: A81.81

Short Description: Kuru

Long Description: Kuru

The code A81.81 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
    • Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system (A80-A89)
      • Atypical virus infections of central nervous system (A81)
        • A81.81 Kuru

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Dementia due to kuru
  • Dementia due to prion disease
  • Kuru
  • Spongiform encephalopathy

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
A81.81 Right Arrow 046.0 Kuru

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 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-10 Code ICD-10 Description
A81 Atypical virus infections of central nervous system
A81.0 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
A81.00 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, unspecified
A81.01 Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
A81.09 Other Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
A81.1 Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
A81.2 Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
A81.8 Other atypical virus infections of central nervous system
A81.82 Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
A81.83 Fatal familial insomnia
A81.89 Other atypical virus infections of central nervous system
A81.9 Atypical virus infection of central nervous system, unspecified

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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