R40.213 Coma scale, eyes open, to sound

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applicable to

• Coma scale eye opening score of 3

Applies from R40 Somnolence, stupor and coma

Excludes1 (never code together)

• neonatal coma (P91.5)
• somnolence, stupor and coma in diabetes (E08-E13)
• somnolence, stupor and coma in hepatic failure (K72.-)
• somnolence, stupor and coma in hypoglycemia (nondiabetic) (E15)

Applies from R40.2 Coma

Code first

• any associated:
• fracture of skull (S02.-)
• intracranial injury (S06.-)

Notes

• One code from each subcategory, R40.21-R40.23, is required to complete the coma scale

Applies from R40.21 Coma scale, eyes open

7th character note

• The following appropriate 7th character is to be added to subcategory R40.21-:

7th character required

• 0 — unspecified time
• 1 — in the field [EMT or ambulance]
• 2 — at arrival to emergency department
• 3 — at hospital admission
• 4 — 24 hours or more after hospital admission

Code annotations containing back-references to R40.213

Back-references to R40.21

• Type 1 Excludes: R40.2A Nontraumatic coma due to underlying condition ("coma scale, eyes open (R40.21.-)")

Back-references to R40.2

• Type 1 Excludes: R40.0 Somnolence ("coma (R40.2-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R40.1 Stupor ("coma (R40.2-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R55 Syncope and collapse ("unconsciousness NOS (R40.2-)")

Back-references to R40

• Type 1 Excludes: R41.82 Altered mental status, unspecified ("altered level of consciousness (R40.-)")
• Use Additional: T67.0 Heatstroke and sunstroke ("coma and stupor (R40.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for R40.213

• Coma › with › opening of eyes (never) › in response to › sound
• Coma › with › opening of eyes (never) › score of › 3

Nearby codes

• R40.2120 Coma scale, eyes open, to pain, unspecified time
• R40.2121 Coma scale, eyes open, to pain, in the field [EMT or ambulance]
• R40.2122 Coma scale, eyes open, to pain, at arrival to emergency department
• R40.2123 Coma scale, eyes open, to pain, at hospital admission
• R40.2124 Coma scale, eyes open, to pain, 24 hours or more after hospital admission
• R40.213 Coma scale, eyes open, to sound (this code)
• R40.2130 Coma scale, eyes open, to sound, unspecified time
• R40.2131 Coma scale, eyes open, to sound, in the field [EMT or ambulance]
• R40.2132 Coma scale, eyes open, to sound, at arrival to emergency department
• R40.2133 Coma scale, eyes open, to sound, at hospital admission
• R40.2134 Coma scale, eyes open, to sound, 24 hours or more after hospital admission