G93.81 Temporal sclerosis

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Hippocampal sclerosis
• Mesial temporal sclerosis

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 070-072 in MDC 01.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 348.81 Temporal sclerosis

Code annotations containing back-references to G93.81

Back-references to G93.81

• Type 2 Excludes: G40 Epilepsy and recurrent seizures ("hippocampal sclerosis (G93.81)")
• Type 2 Excludes: G40 Epilepsy and recurrent seizures ("mesial temporal sclerosis (G93.81)")
• Type 2 Excludes: G40 Epilepsy and recurrent seizures ("temporal sclerosis (G93.81)")

Diagnosis Index entries for G93.81

• Automatism › with temporal sclerosis
• Sclerosis, sclerotic › hippocampal
• Sclerosis, sclerotic › mesial temporal
• Sclerosis, sclerotic › temporal (mesial)

Nearby codes

• G93.49 Other encephalopathy
• G93.5 Compression of brain
• G93.6 Cerebral edema
• G93.7 Reye's syndrome
• G93.8 Other specified disorders of brain
• G93.81 Temporal sclerosis (this code)
• G93.82 Brain death
• G93.89 Other specified disorders of brain
• G93.9 Disorder of brain, unspecified