Diagnosis Code: 324.9

Short Description: Cns abscess NOS

Long Description: Intracranial and intraspinal abscess of unspecified site

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the nervous system (320–359)
  • Inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (320-327)
    • 324 Intracranial and intraspinal abscess
      • 324.9 Cns abscess NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 324.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
  • epidural 324.9
    • brain 324.0
    • late effect - see category 326
    • spinal cord 324.1
  • extradural 324.9
    • brain 324.0
    • late effect - see category 326
    • spinal cord 324.1
  • subarachnoid 324.9
    • brain 324.0
    • cerebral 324.0
    • late effect - see category 326
    • spinal cord 324.1
  • subdural 324.9
    • brain 324.0
    • late effect - see category 326
    • spinal cord 324.1

• Empyema (chest) (diaphragmatic) (double) (encapsulated) (general) (interlobar) (lung) (medial) (necessitatis) (perforating chest wall) (pleura) (pneumococcal) (residual) (sacculated) (streptococcal) (supradiaphragmatic) 510.9
  • extradural (see also Abscess, extradural) 324.9
  • subarachnoid (see also Abscess, extradural) 324.9
  • subdural (see also Abscess, extradural) 324.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 324.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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