046.8 CNS SLOW VIRUS INFEC NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 046.8

Short Description: Cns slow virus infec NEC

Long Description: Other specified slow virus infection of central nervous system

Code Classification:

  • Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
    • Poliomyelitis and other non-arthropod-borne viral diseases of central nervous system (045-049)
      • 046 Slow virus infection of central nervous system
        • 046.8 Cns slow virus infec NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 046.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Encephalitis (bacterial) (chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute) 323.9
    • slow-acting virus NEC 046.8
    • viral, virus 049.9
      • slow acting NEC 046.8
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • slow virus 046.9
      • specified condition NEC 046.8
    • virus, viral 079.99
      • central nervous system NEC 049.9
        • slow virus 046.9
          • specified condition NEC 046.8
      • slow 046.9
        • specified condition NEC 046.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 046.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
046.8 Right Arrow A81.89 Other atypical virus infections of central nervous system
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
046.0 Kuru
046.11 Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
046.19 Other and unspecified Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
046.2 Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
046.3 Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
046.71 Gerstmann-Str�ussler-Scheinker syndrome
046.72 Fatal familial insomnia
046.79 Other and unspecified prion disease of central nervous system
046.9 Unspecified slow virus infection of central nervous system


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