1. ICD-10-CM Codes
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2. G00-G99 Diseases of the nervous system
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3. G89-G99 Other disorders of the nervous system
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4. G93- Other disorders of brain
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5. 2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.2

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.2

Benign intracranial hypertension

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code

• G93.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
• The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM G93.2 became effective on October 1, 2020.
• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G93.2 - other international versions of ICD-10 G93.2 may differ.

• Hypertension, idiopathic intracranial
• Increased intracranial pressure
• Pseudotumor cerebri
• Raised intracranial pressure

• A condition marked by raised intracranial pressure and characterized clinically by headaches; nausea; papilledema, peripheral constriction of the visual fields, transient visual obscurations, and pulsatile tinnitus. Obesity is frequently associated with this condition, which primarily affects women between 20 and 44 years of age. Chronic papilledema may lead to optic nerve injury (see optic nerve diseases) and visual loss (see blindness).
• An idiopathic disorder characterized by chronic increase in the intracranial pressure. It occurs predominantly in obese females of childbearing age. It is associated with papilledema.

• 102 Headaches with mcc
• 103 Headaches without mcc

Convert G93.2 to ICD-9-CM

• 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
• 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
• 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
• 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
• 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
• 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change

• Hydrocephalus (acquired) (external) (internal) (malignant) (recurrent) G91.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G91.9

  Hydrocephalus, unspecified

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
  • otitic G93.2
• Hypertension, hypertensive (accelerated) (benign) (essential) (idiopathic) (malignant) (systemic) I10
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I10

  Essential (primary) hypertension

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code Questionable As Admission Dx

  Includes

  • high blood pressure
  • hypertension (arterial) (benign) (essential) (malignant) (primary) (systemic)

  Type 1 Excludes

  • hypertensive disease complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O10-O11, O13-O16)

  Type 2 Excludes

  • essential (primary) hypertension involving vessels of brain (I60-I69)
  • essential (primary) hypertension involving vessels of eye (H35.0-)
  • benign, intracranial G93.2
  • intracranial, benign G93.2
• Increase, increased
  • intracranial pressure G93.2 (benign)
  • pressure, intracranial G93.2
• Meningitis (basal) (basic) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetic) (toxic) G03.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G03.9

  Meningitis, unspecified

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code

  Applicable To

  • Arachnoiditis (spinal) NOS
  • serous NEC G93.2
• Pressure
  • increased
    • intracranial benign, G93.2
• Pseudohydrocephalus G93.2
• Pseudotumor G93.2
  • cerebri G93.2
• Symond's syndrome G93.2
• Syndrome - see also Disease
  • serous meningitis G93.2
  • Symond's G93.2

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.