ICD-10-CM › G00-G99 › G89-G99 › G96 Other disorders of central nervous system › G96.8

G96.8

Other specified disorders of central nervous system

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 2 more specific codes instead:

  • G96.81 Intracranial hypotension (also a header)
  • G96.89 Other specified disorders of central nervous system

Use instead:

  • G96.810 Intracranial hypotension, unspecified stated for FY2020
  • G96.811 Intracranial hypotension, spontaneous stated for FY2020
  • G96.819 Other intracranial hypotension stated for FY2020

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other specified disorders of central nervous system
  2. FY2021 Stopped being billable

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
G96.0 Cerebrospinal fluid leak Not billable
G96.1 Disorders of meninges, not elsewhere classified Not billable
G96.9 Disorder of central nervous system, unspecified Valid