ICD-10-CM › G00-G99 › G89-G99 › G96.0 Cerebrospinal fluid leak › G96.08
G96.08
Other cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak
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 Other cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak
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
- Fistula > cerebrospinal
- Otorrhea > cerebrospinal > traumatic
- Rhinorrhea > cerebrospinal > traumatic
- Otorrhea > cerebrospinal > postoperative
- Otorrhea > cerebrospinal > specified NEC
- Rhinorrhea > cerebrospinal > postoperative
- Rhinorrhea > cerebrospinal > specified NEC
- Leak, leakage > cerebrospinal fluid > cranial > traumatic
- Leak, leakage > cerebrospinal fluid > cranial > postoperative
- Leak, leakage > cerebrospinal fluid > cranial > specified NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| G96.00 | Cerebrospinal fluid leak, unspecified | Valid |
| G96.01 | Cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous | Valid |
| G96.02 | Spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous | Valid |
| G96.09 | Other spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak | Valid |