G96.08

Other cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak

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 · G96.08

Code also

if applicable: head injury (S00 - S09)

Synonyms

Postoperative cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak Traumatic cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak

Inherited from G96.0Cerebrospinal fluid leak

Excludes 1

cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0)

Code also

if applicable: intracranial hypotension (G96.81-)

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 G96.08

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

Subsections

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