ICD-10-CM › G00-G99 › G89-G99 › G96.0 Cerebrospinal fluid leak › G96.01
G96.01
Cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2021 to now.
- FY2021 Added to the code set Cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Discharge > ear
- Hygroma > subdural
- Leak, leakage > CSF
- Disorder > ear > discharge
- Otorrhea > cerebrospinal
- Rhinorrhea > cerebrospinal
- Otorrhea > cerebrospinal > spontaneous
- Rhinorrhea > cerebrospinal > spontaneous
- Leak, leakage > cerebrospinal fluid > cranial > spontaneous
- Leak, leakage > cerebrospinal fluid > spontaneous > from > skull base
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| G96.00 | Cerebrospinal fluid leak, unspecified | Valid |
| G96.02 | Spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous | Valid |
| G96.08 | Other cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak | Valid |
| G96.09 | Other spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak | Valid |