G96.81
G96.81 — Intracranial hypotension
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
G96.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for intracranial hypotension. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Code also
Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.
- any associated diagnoses, such as:
- Brachial amyotrophy (G54.5)
- Cerebrospinal fluid leak from spine (G96.02)
- Cranial nerve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere (G53)
- Nerve root and compressions in diseases classified elsewhere (G55)
- Nonpyogenic thrombosis of intracranial venous system (I67.6)
- Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage (I61.-)
- Nontraumatic subdural hemorrhage (I62.0-)
- Other and unspecified cord compression (G95.2-)
- Other secondary parkinsonism (G21.8)
- Reversible cerebrovascular vasoconstriction syndrome (I67.841)
- Spinal cord herniation (G95.89)
- Stroke (I63.-)
- Syringomyelia (G95.0)
Risk adjustment
G96.81 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead G96.81
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share G96.8. If G96.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about G96.81
- Is G96.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. G96.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does G96.81 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Other disorders of the nervous system (G89-G99).