ICD-10-CM Code R56
Convulsions, not elsewhere classified
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 Code R56 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of R56 that describes the diagnosis 'convulsions, not elsewhere classified' in more detail.
- R56 Convulsions, not elsewhere classified NON-BILLABLE
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- R56.00 Simple febrile convulsions BILLABLE
- R56.01 Complex febrile convulsions BILLABLE
- BILLABLE R56.1 Post traumatic seizures
- BILLABLE R56.9 Unspecified convulsions
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The ICD code R56 is used to code Epileptic seizure
An epileptic seizure (colloquially a fit) is a brief episode of signs or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. The outward effect can vary from uncontrolled jerking movement (tonic-clonic seizure) to as subtle as a momentary loss of awareness (absence seizure). Diseases of the brain characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures are collectively called epilepsy, but seizures can also occur in people who do not have epilepsy. Additionally, there are a number of conditions that look like epileptic seizures but are not.
| Specialty: | Neurology |
| MeSH Codes: | D012640, D012640 |
| ICD 9 Codes: | 345.9, 780.3 |
Generalized 3 Hz spike and wave discharges in EEG
Coding Notes for R56 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Dissociative convulsions and seizures - instead, use code F44.5
- Epileptic convulsions and seizures - instead, use code G40.-
- Newborn convulsions and seizures - instead, use Code P90
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'R56 - Convulsions, not elsewhere classified'
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