ICD-10-CM Codes
G00-G99
G89-G99
G93-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.6

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.6

Cerebral edema

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Billable/Specific Code

G93.6 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 G93.6 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G93.6 - other international versions of ICD-10 G93.6 may differ.

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 G93.6. 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.

cerebral edema due to birth injury (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P11.0
Cerebral edema due to birth injury
P11.0
)
traumatic cerebral edema (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S06.1
Traumatic cerebral edema
Applicable To
- Diffuse traumatic cerebral edema
- Focal traumatic cerebral edema
S06.1-
)

The following code(s) above G93.6 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 G93.6:

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

Non-traumatic cerebral edema
Nontraumatic cerebral edema

Clinical Information

A disorder characterized by swelling due to an excessive accumulation of fluid in the brain.
Swelling due to an excessive accumulation of fluid in the brain.

ICD-10-CM G93.6 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

080 Nontraumatic stupor and coma with mcc
081 Nontraumatic stupor and coma without mcc

Convert G93.6 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 G93.6:

Type 1 Excludes: R60

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R60
Edema, not elsewhere classified
Type 1 Excludes
- angioneurotic edema (T78.3)
- ascites (R18.-)
- cerebral edema (G93.6)
- cerebral edema due to birth injury (P11.0)
- edema of larynx (J38.4)
- edema of nasopharynx (J39.2)
- edema of pharynx (J39.2)
- gestational edema (O12.0-)
- hereditary edema (Q82.0)
- hydrops fetalis NOS (P83.2)
- hydrothorax (J94.8)
- newborn edema (P83.3)
- pulmonary edema (J81.-)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to G93.6:

Edema, edematous (infectious) (pitting) (toxic) R60.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R60.9
Edema, unspecified
Applicable To
Fluid retention NOS
- brain (cytotoxic) (vasogenic) G93.6
- intracranial G93.6
Effusion
- cerebrospinal - see also Meningitis
  - vessel G93.6
- brain G93.6 (serous)
- cerebral G93.6
- intracranial G93.6
Leukoencephalopathy G93.49
- see also Encephalopathy
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.49
Other encephalopathy
Applicable To
Encephalopathy NEC
- reversible, posterior G93.6

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G93.6

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

G95 Other and unspecified diseases of spinal cord

G95.0 Syringomyelia and syringobulbia

G95.1 Vascular myelopathies

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

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.6

Cerebral edema

Cerebral edema due to birth injury

Traumatic cerebral edema

Diseases of the nervous system

Edema, not elsewhere classified

Edema, unspecified

Other encephalopathy