ICD-10-CM Codes
G00-G99 Diseases of the nervous system
G89-G99 Other disorders of the nervous system
G93- Other disorders of brain

2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.49

Other encephalopathy

2016

2017

2018

Billable/Specific Code

G93.49 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM G93.49 became effective on October 1, 2017.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G93.49 - other international versions of ICD-10 G93.49 may differ.

Applicable To

Encephalopathy NEC

The following code(s) above G93.49 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 G93.49:

G00-G99
2018 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
Type 1 Excludes
- alcoholic encephalopathy (G31.2)
- encephalopathy in diseases classified elsewhere (G94)
- hypertensive encephalopathy (I67.4)
- toxic (metabolic) encephalopathy (G92)
Other and unspecified encephalopathy

Approximate Synonyms

Encephalopathy, multifactorial
Leukoencephalopathy, subcortical
Multifactorial encephalopathy
Subcortical leukoencephalopathy

ICD-10-CM G93.49 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v35.0):

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 G93.49 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to G93.49:

Encephalopathy (acute) G93.40
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.40
Encephalopathy, unspecified
- specified NEC G93.49
Leukoencephalopathy G93.49 - see also Encephalopathy
Syndrome - see also Disease
- Susac G93.49

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G93.49

G91.9 Hydrocephalus, unspecified

G92 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 fatigue syndrome

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

G95 Other and unspecified diseases of spinal cord

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

2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.49

Other encephalopathy

Diseases of the nervous system

Other and unspecified encephalopathy

Encephalopathy, unspecified