Billable Medical Code for Other Alteration of Consciousness
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 780.09
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 780.09.
The Short Description Is: Other alter consciousnes.
Known As
Altered mental status is also known as absences, acquired metabolic and toxic encephalopathies, brief loss of consciousness, cerebral irresponsivity, complaining of somnolence, daytime somnolence, delirious, delirium, delirium of mixed origin, disorders of excessive somnolence, disturbance of consciousness, drowsiness, drowsiness of the newborn, drowsy, drugged state,
excessive somnolence, funny turn, gets drowsiness, glasgow coma scale 11, glasgow coma scale 13, glasgow coma scale 15, glasgow coma scale 8, glasgow coma scale 9, grayout, hypnotic state,
intermittent drowsiness, loss of consciousness, mental status daytime somnolence, mental status disturbance of consciousness, mental status drowsy, mental status semicoma, mental status stupor,
mental status unconsciousness, moderate duration loss of consciousness, narcosis, on examination – clouded consciousness, on examination – decreased level of consciousness, on examination – delirious, on examination – drowsy, on examination – loss of consciousness, on examination – semiconscious, on examination – unconscious/comatose, palinesthesia, post-ictal drowsiness, prolonged loss of consciousness, secondary amyloid encephalopathy, sedated, seems in a trance, semicoma, semiconscious, sleepy, somnolence, somnolence (sleepiness), somnolence syndrome, somnolence daytime
stupor, unconscious, unconsciousness, and whiteout. This applies to drowsiness, semicoma, unconsciousness, sommmolence, and stupor.
Altered Mental Status Definition and Symptoms
An altered mental status refers to any general change in brain function. These are most commonly confusion, drowsiness, delirium, poor judgement, memory loss, or inability to regulate emotions. While these are typically symptoms of an emotional or psychological condition they can also be associated with a physical injury to the brain.