F07.81

Postconcussional syndrome

Billable / specific

F07.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Postcontusional syndrome (encephalopathy)
  • Post-traumatic brain syndrome, nonpsychotic

Includes (from F07)

  • disorders of psychological development
  • Note: This block comprises a range of mental disorders grouped together on the basis of their having in common a demonstrable etiology in cerebral disease, brain injury, or other insult leading to cerebral dysfunction. The dysfunction may be primary, as in diseases, injuries, and insults that affect the brain directly and selectively; or secondary, as in systemic diseases and disorders that attack the brain only as one of the multiple organs or systems of the body that are involved.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • current concussion (brain) (S06.0X- with seventh character A)
  • postencephalitic syndrome (F07.89)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) (from F07)

Code first

Sequence the underlying condition first.

  • the underlying physiological condition (from F07)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify associated post-traumatic headache, if applicable (G44.3-)

Code also

An additional code may be needed.

  • , if applicable, sequela of concussion (S06.0X- with seventh character S)

Also known as

  • Postcontusional syndrome (encephalopathy)
  • Post-traumatic brain syndrome, nonpsychotic
  • Concussion, syndrome
  • Disorder, mental, following organic brain damage, postconcussional syndrome
  • Disorder, postconcussional
  • Encephalopathy, in trauma
  • Encephalopathy, postcontusional
  • Encephalopathy, traumatic
  • Encephalosis, posttraumatic
  • Postcontusional syndrome
  • Psychopathy, psychopathic, constitution, post-traumatic
  • Punch drunk
  • Status, postcommotio cerebri
  • Syndrome, brain, organic, post-traumatic
  • Syndrome, brain, postcontusional

Parent code

  • F07.8Other personality and behavioral disorders due to known physiological conditionHeader

Related codes

  • F07.89Other personality and behavioral disorders due to known physiological conditionBillable

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