2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.41

Metabolic encephalopathy

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  • G93.41 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 G93.41 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G93.41 - other international versions of ICD-10 G93.41 may differ.
Applicable To
  • Septic encephalopathy
The following code(s) above G93.41 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 G93.41:
  • 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
  • G93.4
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.4

    Other and unspecified encephalopathy

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    Type 1 Excludes
    • alcoholic encephalopathy (G31.2)
    • encephalopathy in diseases classified elsewhere (G94)
    • hypertensive encephalopathy (I67.4)
    Type 2 Excludes
    • toxic (metabolic) encephalopathy (G92.8)
    Other and unspecified encephalopathy
Approximate Synonyms
  • Encephalopathy, metabolic
Clinical Information
  • Acquired or inborn metabolic diseases that produce brain dysfunction or damage. These include primary (i.e., disorders intrinsic to the brain) and secondary (i.e., extracranial) metabolic conditions that adversely affect cerebral function.
ICD-10-CM G93.41 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 070 Nonspecific cerebrovascular disorders with mcc
  • 071 Nonspecific cerebrovascular disorders with cc
  • 072 Nonspecific cerebrovascular disorders without cc/mcc
  • 974 Hiv with major related condition with mcc
  • 975 Hiv with major related condition with cc
  • 976 Hiv with major related condition without cc/mcc

Convert G93.41 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
Code annotations containing back-references to G93.41:
  • Use Additional: R65.11
    , M31.11
    , R65.2
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R65.11

    Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) of non-infectious origin with acute organ dysfunction

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    Use Additional
    • code to identify specific acute organ dysfunction, such as:
    • acute kidney failure (N17.-)
    • acute respiratory failure (J96.0-)
    • critical illness myopathy (G72.81)
    • critical illness polyneuropathy (G62.81)
    • disseminated intravascular coagulopathy [DIC] (D65)
    • encephalopathy (metabolic) (septic) (G93.41)
    • hepatic failure (K72.0-)
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M31.11

    Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation-associated thrombotic microangiopathy [HSCT-TMA]

      2022 - New Code 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    Applicable To
    • Transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy [TA-TMA]
    Code First
    • if applicable:
    • complications of bone marrow transplant (T86.0-)
    • complications of stem cell transplant (T86.5)
    Use Additional
    • code to identify specific organ dysfunction, such as:
    • acute kidney failure (N17.-)
    • acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
    • capillary leak syndrome (I78.8)
    • diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (R04.89)
    • encephalopathy (metabolic) (septic) (G93.41)
    • fluid overload, unspecified (E87.70)
    • graft versus host disease (D89.81-)
    • hemolytic uremic syndrome (D59.3-)
    • hepatic failure (K72.-)
    • hepatic veno-occlusive disease (K76.5)
    • idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (J84.11-)
    • sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (K76.5)
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R65.2

    Severe sepsis

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    Applicable To
    • Infection with associated acute organ dysfunction
    • Sepsis with acute organ dysfunction
    • Sepsis with multiple organ dysfunction
    • Systemic inflammatory response syndrome due to infectious process with acute organ dysfunction
    Code First
    • underlying infection, such as:
    • infection following a procedure (T81.4-)
    • infections following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.2-)
    • puerperal sepsis (O85)
    • sepsis following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion (O03.87)
    • sepsis following ectopic and molar pregnancy (O08.82)
    • sepsis following incomplete spontaneous abortion (O03.37)
    • sepsis following (induced) termination of pregnancy (O04.87)
    • sepsis NOS (A41.9)
    Use Additional
    • code to identify specific acute organ dysfunction, such as:
    • acute kidney failure (N17.-)
    • acute respiratory failure (J96.0-)
    • critical illness myopathy (G72.81)
    • critical illness polyneuropathy (G62.81)
    • disseminated intravascular coagulopathy [DIC] (D65)
    • encephalopathy (metabolic) (septic) (G93.41)
    • hepatic failure (K72.0-)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to G93.41:
  • Encephalopathy (acute) G93.40
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.40

    Encephalopathy, unspecified

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ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G93.41
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
G93.7 Reye's syndrome
G93.8 Other specified disorders of brain
G93.81 Temporal sclerosis
G93.82 Brain death
G93.89 Other specified disorders of brain
G93.9 Disorder of brain, unspecified
G94 Other disorders of brain in diseases classified elsewhere

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