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ICD-10-CM Code G04.9
Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis, unspecified

NON-BILLABLE
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code G04.9 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of G04.9 that describes the diagnosis 'encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis, unspecified' in more detail.


The ICD code G049 is used to code Ventriculitis

Ventriculitis is the inflammation of the ventricles in the brain. The ventricles are responsible for containing and circulating cerebrospinal fluid throughout the brain. Ventriculitits is caused by infection of the ventricles, leading to swelling and inflammation. This is especially prevalent in patients with external ventricular drains and intraventricular stents. Ventriculitis can cause a wide variety of short-term symptoms and long-term side effects ranging from headaches and dizziness to unconsciousness and death if not treated early. It is treated with some appropriate combination of antibiotics in order to rid the patient of the underlying infection. Much of the current research involving ventriculitis focuses specifically around defining the disease and what causes it. This will allow for much more advancement in the subject. There is also a lot of attention being paid to possible treatments and prevention methods to help make this disease even less prevalent and dangerous.

Specialty: Neurology
ICD 9 Code: 322.9

Ventricular system (shaded) superimposed on an image of the brain depicting spacial arrangement.Gray's representation of the ventricular system, as viewed from above.Gray's representation of the ventricular system, as viewed from the side.

Source: Wikipedia

Parent Code: G04 - Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis

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