Compression of brain
Billable / specificHCC V28 202
G93.5 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
- Arnold-Chiari type 1 compression of brain
- Compression of brain (stem)
- Herniation of brain (stem)
- Midline shift of brain
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- traumatic compression of brain (S06.A-)
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
- Arnold-Chiari type 1 compression of brain
- Compression of brain (stem)
- Herniation of brain (stem)
- Midline shift of brain
- Chiari's, malformation, type I
- Compression, brain
- Compression, brain, nontraumatic
- Hernia, hernial, foramen magnum
- Herniation, brain
- Herniation, brain, nontraumatic
- Herniation, cerebral
- Herniation, cerebral, nontraumatic
- Malformation, Chiari, Type I
- Pressure, brain
- Pressure, cone, tentorial
- Shift, midline, brain
- Syndrome, foramen magnum
- Syndrome, posterior, fossa compression
Parent code
- G93Other disorders of brainHeader
Related codes
- G93.0Cerebral cystsBillable
- G93.1Anoxic brain damage, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
- G93.2Benign intracranial hypertensionBillable
- G93.3Postviral and related fatigue syndromesHeader
- G93.4Other and unspecified encephalopathyHeader
- G93.6Cerebral edemaBillable
- G93.7Reye's syndromeBillable
- G93.8Other specified disorders of brainHeader
- G93.9Disorder of brain, unspecifiedBillable