Cerebrospinal fluid leak

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

Billable FY2016 to FY2020, and a category header from FY2021.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

G96.00 Cerebrospinal fluid leak, unspecified
G96.01 Cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous
G96.02 Spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous
G96.08 Other cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak
G96.09 Other spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Cerebrospinal fluid leak
FY2021 Stopped being billable

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
G96.1	Disorders of meninges, not elsewhere classified	Not billable
G96.8	Other specified disorders of central nervous system	Not billable
G96.9	Disorder of central nervous system, unspecified	Valid