348.0 CEREBRAL CYSTS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 348.0

Short Description: Cerebral cysts

Long Description: Cerebral cysts

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the nervous system (320–359)
    • Other disorders of the central nervous system (340-349)
      • 348 Other conditions of brain
        • 348.0 Cerebral cysts

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 348.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Cyst (mucus) (retention) (serous) (simple)
    • arachnoid, brain 348.0
    • brain 348.0
      • congenital 742.4
      • hydatid (see also Echinococcus) 122.9
      • third ventricle (colloid) 742.4
    • cavum septi pellucidi NEC 348.0
    • choroid plexus 348.0
    • corpora quadrigemina 348.0
    • cranial meninges 348.0
    • dura (cerebral) 348.0
      • spinal 349.2
    • membrane, brain 348.0
    • meninges (cerebral) 348.0
      • spinal 349.2
    • neuroepithelial ventricle 348.0
    • porencephalic 742.4
      • acquired 348.0
    • subarachnoid 348.0
      • intrasellar 793.0
    • subdural (cerebral) 348.0
      • spinal cord 349.2
    • ventricle, neuroepithelial 348.0
  • Degeneration, degenerative
    • brain (cortical) (progressive) 331.9
      • cystic 348.0
        • congenital 742.4
  • Porencephaly (congenital) (developmental) (true) 742.4
    • acquired 348.0
    • nondevelopmental 348.0
  • Pseudoporencephaly 348.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 348.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
348.0 Right Arrow G93.0 Cerebral cysts
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
348.1 Anoxic brain damage
348.2 Benign intracranial hypertension
348.30 Encephalopathy, unspecified
348.31 Metabolic encephalopathy
348.39 Other encephalopathy
348.4 Compression of brain
348.5 Cerebral edema
348.81 Temporal sclerosis
348.82 Brain death
348.89 Other conditions of brain
348.9 Unspecified condition of brain


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