950.3 INJURY TO VISUAL CORTEX

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 950.3

Short Description: Injury to visual cortex

Long Description: Injury to visual cortex

Code Classification:

Injury and poisoning (800–999)
- Injury to nerves and spinal cord (950-957)
  - 950 Injury to optic nerve and pathways
    - 950.3 Injury to visual cortex

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 950.3 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Injury 959.9
- cortex (cerebral) (see also Injury, intracranial) 854.0
  - visual 950.3
- optic 950.9
  - cortex 950.3
- visual 950.9
  - cortex 950.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 950.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
950.3		S04.049A	Injury of visual cortex, unspecified side, initial encounter

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
950.0	Optic nerve injury
950.1	Injury to optic chiasm
950.2	Injury to optic pathways
950.9	Injury to unspecified optic nerve and pathways

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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