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851.24 - Cortex (cerebral) Laceration Without Mention Of Open Intracranial Wound, With Prolonged [more Than 24 Hours] Loss Of Consciousness And Return To Pre-existing Conscious Level


The ICD 9 Code for Cortex (cerebral) laceration without mention of open intracranial wound, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness and return to pre-existing conscious level is listed as 851.24.
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: 851.24
Long Description: Cortex (cerebral) laceration without mention of open intracranial wound, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness and return to pre-existing conscious level
Short Description: Cortex lacerat-prol coma
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Intracranial Injury, Excluding Those With Skull Fracture (850-854)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: S06.335A - Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 851.24:
851.20 - Cortex (cerebral) laceration without mention of open intracranial wound, unspecified state of consciousness
851.21 - Cortex (cerebral) laceration without mention of open intracranial wound, with no loss of consciousness
851.22 - Cortex (cerebral) laceration without mention of open intracranial wound, with brief [less than one hour] loss of consciousness
851.23 - Cortex (cerebral) laceration without mention of open intracranial wound, with moderate [1-24 hours] loss of consciousness
851.25 - Cortex (cerebral) laceration without mention of open intracranial wound, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness without return to pre-existing conscious level
851.26 - Cortex (cerebral) laceration without mention of open intracranial wound, with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
851.29 - Cortex (cerebral) laceration without mention of open intracranial wound, with concussion, unspecified