Diagnosis Code: R41.82

Short Description: Altered mental status, unspecified

Long Description: Altered mental status, unspecified

The code R41.82 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

• Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
  • Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior (R40-R46)
    • Oth symptoms and signs w cognitive functions and awareness (R41)
      • R41.82 Altered mental status, unspecified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Altered mental status
• Character trait finding of level of suggestibility
• Disturbance in suggestibility
• Disturbance of consciousness
• Drugged state
• Grayout
• Hypnotic state
• Indication for modification of patient behavior status
• Indication for modification of patient cognitive status
• Indication for modification of patient status
• Mental health impairment
• Narcosis
• Sedated
• Semiconscious
• Transient altered mental status
• Vacant episode
• Whiteout

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R41.82 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)

• Signs And Symptoms With Mcc (947)
• Signs And Symptoms Without Mcc (948)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R41.82 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Inclusion Terms:
  • Change in mental status NOS
• Type 1 Excludes Notes:
  • altered level of consciousness (@R40*.-)
  • altered mental status due to known condition - code to condition
  • delirium NOS (@R41.0*)

Crosswalk Information

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