A81.81 - Kuru
The ICD 10 Code for Kuru is listed as A81.81.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.
| ICD 10 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | A81.81
|
| Description: | Kuru |
| Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0) |
056 - Degenerative Nervous System Disorders W Mcc
057 - Degenerative Nervous System Disorders W/o Mcc |
| Chapter | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) |
| Block | Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system (A80-A89) |
| Parent | A81.8 - Other atypical virus infections of central nervous system |
| ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD 9 Dx Code: | 046.0 - Kuru |
| ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of A81.81: | |
| A81.82 - Gerstmann-Str | |
| A81.83 - Fatal familial insomnia | |
| A81.89 - Other atypical virus infections of central nervous system | |