R40.2334
R40.2334: Coma scale, best motor response, abnormal flexion, 24 hours or more after hospital admission
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R40.2334 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for coma scale, best motor response, abnormal flexion, 24 hours or more after hospital admission. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R40.2334 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber7th character "4": 24 hours or more after hospital admission
The following appropriate 7th character is to be added to subcategory R40.23-:
- 0
- unspecified time
- 1
- in the field [EMT or ambulance]
- 2
- at arrival to emergency department
- 3
- at hospital admission
- 4
- 24 hours or more after hospital admission
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Abnormal flexure posturing to pain or noxious stimuli (2-5 years of age)
- Coma scale motor score of 3
- Flexion/decorticate posturing (< 2 years of age)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R40.2334
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with R40.2334
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R41.82Altered mental status, unspecified
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R40.2334 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56645Billing and Coding: Controlled Substance Monitoring and Drugs of Abuse Testing
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under R40.233
- R40.2330Coma scale, best motor response, abnormal flexion, unspecified time
- R40.2331Coma scale, best motor response, abnormal flexion, in the field [EMT or ambulance]
- R40.2332Coma scale, best motor response, abnormal flexion, at arrival to emergency department
- R40.2333Coma scale, best motor response, abnormal flexion, at hospital admission