G93.0

Cerebral cysts

Billable / specific

G93.0 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

  • Arachnoid cyst
  • Porencephalic cyst, acquired

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • acquired periventricular cysts of newborn (P91.1)
  • congenital cerebral cysts (Q04.6)

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from G93)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from G93)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from G93)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from G93)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from G93)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from G93)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from G93)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from G93)

Also known as

  • Arachnoid cyst
  • Porencephalic cyst, acquired
  • Cyst, arachnoid, brain
  • Cyst, brain
  • Cyst, choroid plexus
  • Cyst, corpora quadrigemina
  • Cyst, cranial meninges
  • Cyst, dura
  • Cyst, membrane, brain
  • Cyst, meninges
  • Cyst, porencephalic, acquired
  • Cyst, subdural
  • Porencephaly, acquired
  • Porencephaly, nondevelopmental

Parent code

  • G93Other disorders of brainHeader

Related codes

  • G93.1Anoxic brain damage, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
  • G93.2Benign intracranial hypertensionBillable
  • G93.3Postviral and related fatigue syndromesHeader
  • G93.4Other and unspecified encephalopathyHeader
  • G93.5Compression of brainBillable
  • G93.6Cerebral edemaBillable
  • G93.7Reye's syndromeBillable
  • G93.8Other specified disorders of brainHeader
  • G93.9Disorder of brain, unspecifiedBillable

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