G96.0 Cerebrospinal fluid leak

Non-billable header with 5 child codes.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0)

Code also

• if applicable:
• intracranial hypotension (G96.81-)

Codes under G96.0

• G96.00 Cerebrospinal fluid leak, unspecified
• G96.01 Cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous
• G96.02 Spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous
• G96.08 Other cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak
• G96.09 Other spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 349.81 Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea (approximate)
• 388.61 Cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to G96.0

Back-references to G96.0

• Type 1 Excludes: H92.1 Otorrhea ("leakage of cerebrospinal fluid through ear (G96.0)")

Nearby codes

• G96 Other disorders of central nervous system
• G96.0 Cerebrospinal fluid leak (this code)
• G96.00 Cerebrospinal fluid leak, unspecified
• G96.01 Cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous
• G96.02 Spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous
• G96.08 Other cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak
• G96.09 Other spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak