2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G97.41

Accidental puncture or laceration of dura during a procedure

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  • G97.41 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 G97.41 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G97.41 - other international versions of ICD-10 G97.41 may differ.
Applicable To
  • Incidental (inadvertent) durotomy
Code Also
Code Also Help
A code also note instructs that 2 codes may be required to fully describe a condition but the sequencing of the two codes is discretionary, depending on the severity of the conditions and the reason for the encounter.
  • any associated diagnoses or complications
The following code(s) above G97.41 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 G97.41:
  • 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
  • G97
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G97

    Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system, not elsewhere classified

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    Type 2 Excludes
    • intraoperative and postprocedural cerebrovascular infarction (I97.81-, I97.82-)
    Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system, not elsewhere classified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Accidental dural puncture
  • Accidental puncture/laceration dura during procedure
ICD-10-CM G97.41 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 791 Prematurity with major problems
  • 793 Full term neonate with major problems
  • 919 Complications of treatment with mcc
  • 920 Complications of treatment with cc
  • 921 Complications of treatment without cc/mcc

Convert G97.41 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 G97.41:
  • Code Also: G97.84
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G97.84

    Intracranial hypotension following other procedure

      2021 - New Code 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    Code Also
    • , if applicable:
    • accidental puncture or laceration of dura during a procedure (G97.41)
    • cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0)
  • Type 1 Excludes: G96.11
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G96.11

    Dural tear

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    Code Also
    • intracranial hypotension, if applicable (G96.81-)
    Type 1 Excludes
    • accidental puncture or laceration of dura during a procedure (G97.41)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to G97.41:

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G97.41
G96.89 Other specified disorders of central nervous system
G96.9 Disorder of central nervous system, unspecified
G97 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system, not elsewhere classified
G97.0 Cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture
G97.1 Other reaction to spinal and lumbar puncture
G97.2 Intracranial hypotension following ventricular shunting
G97.3 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure complicating a procedure
G97.31 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure complicating a nervous system procedure
G97.32 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure complicating other procedure
G97.4 Accidental puncture and laceration of a nervous system organ or structure during a procedure
G97.41 Accidental puncture or laceration of dura during a procedure
G97.48 Accidental puncture and laceration of other nervous system organ or structure during a nervous system procedure
G97.49 Accidental puncture and laceration of other nervous system organ or structure during other procedure
G97.5 Postprocedural hemorrhage of a nervous system organ or structure following a procedure
G97.51 Postprocedural hemorrhage of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedure
G97.52 Postprocedural hemorrhage of a nervous system organ or structure following other procedure
G97.6 Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following a procedure
G97.61 Postprocedural hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedure
G97.62 Postprocedural hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure following other procedure
G97.63 Postprocedural seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedure
G97.64 Postprocedural seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following other procedure

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