2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.2

Benign intracranial hypertension

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  • G93.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM G93.2 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G93.2 - other international versions of ICD-10 G93.2 may differ.
Applicable To
  • Pseudotumor
Type 1 Excludes
Type 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as G93.2. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
  • hypertensive encephalopathy (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I67.4

    Hypertensive encephalopathy

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    Type 2 Excludes
    • insufficiency, NOS, of precerebral arteries (G45.2)
    I67.4
    )
  • obstructive hydrocephalus (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G91.1

    Obstructive hydrocephalus

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    G91.1
    )
The following code(s) above G93.2 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to G93.2:
  • G00-G99
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range G00-G99

    Diseases of the nervous system

    Type 2 Excludes
    • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
    • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
    • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
    • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • neoplasms (C00-D49)
    • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
    Diseases of the nervous system
Approximate Synonyms
  • Hypertension, idiopathic intracranial
  • Increased intracranial pressure
  • Pseudotumor cerebri
  • Raised intracranial pressure
Clinical Information
  • 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.
ICD-10-CM G93.2 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 102 Headaches with mcc
  • 103 Headaches without mcc

Convert G93.2 to ICD-9-CM

Code History
  • 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
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to G93.2:
  • Hydrocephalus (acquired) (external) (internal) (malignant) (recurrent) G91.9
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G91.9

    Hydrocephalus, unspecified

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    • 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 2022 2023 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

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    Applicable To
    • Arachnoiditis (spinal) NOS
    • serous NEC G93.2
  • Pressure
  • 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

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G93.2
G92.01 …… grade 1
G92.02 …… grade 2
G92.03 …… grade 3
G92.04 …… grade 4
G92.05 …… grade 5
G92.8 Other toxic encephalopathy
G92.9 Unspecified toxic encephalopathy
G93 Other disorders of brain
G93.0 Cerebral cysts
G93.1 Anoxic brain damage, not elsewhere classified
G93.2 Benign intracranial hypertension
G93.3 Postviral and related fatigue syndromes
G93.31 Postviral fatigue syndrome
G93.32 Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
G93.39 Other post infection and related fatigue syndromes
G93.4 Other and unspecified encephalopathy
G93.40 Encephalopathy, unspecified
G93.41 Metabolic encephalopathy
G93.49 Other encephalopathy
G93.5 Compression of brain
G93.6 Cerebral edema

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