G97.83 Intracranial hypotension following lumbar cerebrospinal fluid shunting

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

Code also

• any associated diagnoses or complications

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-)

Applies from G97.8 Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system

Use additional code

• code to further specify disorder

MS-DRG index

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

Code annotations containing back-references to G97.83

Back-references to G97.83

• Code Also: G97.0 Cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture ("intracranial hypotension following a procedure (G97.83-G97.84)")

Diagnosis Index entries for G97.83

• Hypotension (arterial) (constitutional) › intracranial › following › lumbar cerebrospinal fluid shunting

Nearby codes

• G97.63 Postprocedural seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedure
• G97.64 Postprocedural seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following other procedure
• G97.8 Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system
• G97.81 Other intraoperative complications of nervous system
• G97.82 Other postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system
• G97.83 Intracranial hypotension following lumbar cerebrospinal fluid shunting (this code)
• G97.84 Intracranial hypotension following other procedure