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851.44 - Cerebellar Or Brain Stem Contusion Without Mention Of Open Intracranial Wound, With Prolonged [more Than 24 Hours] Loss Consciousness And Return To Pre-existing Conscious Level


The ICD 9 Code for Cerebellar or brain stem contusion without mention of open intracranial wound, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss consciousness and return to pre-existing conscious level is listed as 851.44.
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: 851.44
Long Description: Cerebellar or brain stem contusion without mention of open intracranial wound, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss consciousness and return to pre-existing conscious level
Short Description: Cerebel contus-prol coma
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Intracranial Injury, Excluding Those With Skull Fracture (850-854)
Related Descriptions: Brain stem contusion without open intracranial wound AND with prolonged loss of consciousness (more than 24 hours) AND return to pre-existing conscious level
Cerebellar contusion without open intracranial wound AND with prolonged loss of consciousness (more than 24 hours) AND return to pre-existing conscious level
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: S06.375A - Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of cerebellum with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours with return to pre-existing conscious level, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: S06.385A - Contusion, laceration, and hemorrhage of brainstem 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 851.44:
851.40 - Cerebellar or brain stem contusion without mention of open intracranial wound, unspecified state of consciousness
851.41 - Cerebellar or brain stem contusion without mention of open intracranial wound, with no loss of consciousness
851.42 - Cerebellar or brain stem contusion without mention of open intracranial wound, with brief [less than one hour] loss of consciousness
851.43 - Cerebellar or brain stem contusion without mention of open intracranial wound, with moderate [1-24 hours] loss of consciousness
851.45 - Cerebellar or brain stem contusion without mention of open intracranial wound, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness without return to pre-existing conscious level
851.46 - Cerebellar or brain stem contusion without mention of open intracranial wound, with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
851.49 - Cerebellar or brain stem contusion without mention of open intracranial wound, with concussion, unspecified