G93.6

Cerebral edema

Billable / specificHCC V28 202

G93.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • cerebral edema due to birth injury (P11.0)
  • traumatic cerebral edema (S06.1-)

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

  • Edema, edematous, brain
  • Edema, edematous, intracranial
  • Effusion, brain
  • Effusion, cerebral
  • Effusion, cerebrospinal, vessel
  • Effusion, intracranial
  • Leukoencephalopathy, reversible, posterior

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
  • G93.5Compression of brainBillable
  • G93.7Reye's syndromeBillable
  • G93.8Other specified disorders of brainHeader
  • G93.9Disorder of brain, unspecifiedBillable

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