Cerebrospinal fluid leak
Non-billable header
G96.0 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from G96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from G96)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from G96)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from G96)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from G96)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from G96)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from G96)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from G96)
Code also
An additional code may be needed.
- if applicable:
- intracranial hypotension (G96.81-)