G96.11 Dural tear

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• accidental puncture or laceration of dura during a procedure (G97.41)

Code also

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

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 791 in MDC 15.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 349.39 Other dural tear

Diagnosis Index entries for G96.11

• Tear, torn (traumatic) › dural › nontraumatic

Nearby codes

• 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
• G96.1 Disorders of meninges, not elsewhere classified
• G96.11 Dural tear (this code)
• G96.12 Meningeal adhesions (cerebral) (spinal)
• G96.19 Other disorders of meninges, not elsewhere classified
• G96.191 Perineural cyst
• G96.198 Other disorders of meninges, not elsewhere classified
• G96.8 Other specified disorders of central nervous system