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
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead G96.81
3 child codes. Green means billable.