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801.00 - Closed Fracture Of Base Of Skull Without Mention Of Intra Cranial Injury, Unspecified State Of Consciousness


The ICD 9 Code for Closed fracture of base of skull without mention of intra cranial injury, unspecified state of consciousness is listed as 801.00.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 801.00
Long Description: Closed fracture of base of skull without mention of intra cranial injury, unspecified state of consciousness
Short Description: Clos skull base fracture
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Fracture Of Skull (800-804)
Related Descriptions: Closed fracture of base of skull
Closed fracture of base of skull without intracranial injury
Complex fracture of temporal bone
Cribriform plate fracture
Fracture of anterior fossa
Fracture of base of skull
Fracture of basilar portion of occipital bone
Fracture of clivus of occipital bone
Fracture of ethmoid bone
Fracture of ethmoid sinus
Fracture of frontal sinus
Fracture of frontonasoethmoidal complex with increased intercanthal distance
Fracture of middle fossa
Fracture of occipital bone
Fracture of occipital condyle
Fracture of orbital plate of ethmoid bone
Fracture of orbital roof
Fracture of posterior fossa
Fracture of sphenoid bone
Fracture of temporal bone
Longitudinal fracture of temporal bone
Petrous bone fracture
Sphenoid sinus fracture
Transverse fracture of temporal bone
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: S02.10XA - Unspecified fracture of base of skull, initial encounter for closed fracture (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 801.00:
801.01 - Closed fracture of base of skull without mention of intra cranial injury, with no loss of consciousness
801.02 - Closed fracture of base of skull without mention of intra cranial injury, with brief [less than one hour] loss of consciousness
801.03 - Closed fracture of base of skull without mention of intra cranial injury, with moderate [1-24 hours] loss of consciousness
801.04 - Closed fracture of base of skull without mention of intra cranial injury, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness and return to pre-existing conscious level
801.05 - Closed fracture of base of skull without mention of intra cranial injury, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness, without return to pre-existing conscious level
801.06 - Closed fracture of base of skull without mention of intra cranial injury, with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
801.09 - Closed fracture of base of skull without mention of intra cranial injury, with concussion, unspecified