G97.0 Cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture

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

Code also

• any associated diagnoses or complications, such as:
• intracranial hypotension following a procedure (G97.83-G97.84)

Applies from G97 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2 (not included here)

• intraoperative and postprocedural cerebrovascular infarction (I97.81-, I97.82-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 091-093 in MDC 01.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 997.09 Other nervous system complications (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to G97.0

Back-references to G97.0

• Type 1 Excludes: G96.0 Cerebrospinal fluid leak ("cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0)")
• Code Also: G97.84 Intracranial hypotension following other procedure ("cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0)")

Diagnosis Index entries for G97.0

• Complication (s) (from) (of) › lumbar puncture › cerebrospinal fluid leak
• Complication (s) (from) (of) › nervous system › postprocedural › spinal fluid leak
• Complication (s) (from) (of) › postoperative › lumbar puncture › cerebrospinal fluid leak
• Complication (s) (from) (of) › puncture, spinal › cerebrospinal fluid leak
• Complication (s) (from) (of) › spinal › puncture or tap › cerebrospinal fluid leak
• Leak, leakage › cerebrospinal fluid › from spinal (lumbar) puncture

Nearby codes

• G97 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system, not elsewhere classified
• G97.0 Cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (this code)
• G97.1 Other reaction to spinal and lumbar puncture
• G97.2 Intracranial hypotension following ventricular shunting
• G97.3 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure complicating a procedure
• G97.31 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure complicating a nervous system procedure
• G97.32 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure complicating other procedure