G92.8

Other toxic encephalopathy

Billable code

This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.

Coding notes

Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist

This code · G92.8

Use additional

code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Code first

poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable, (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)

Synonyms

Toxic encephalitis Toxic metabolic encephalopathy

Inherited from chapter 6Diseases of the nervous system

Excludes 2

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)

Official Guidelines for G92.8

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I.C.6Chapter-specific guidanceChapter 6: Diseases of the Nervous System (G00-G99)

Subsections

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