Billable Medical Code for Reactive Confusion
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 298.2
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 298.2.
Known As
Confusion is also known as confusion reactive. This excludes acute confusional state (293.0). This applies to psychogenic confusion and psychogenic twilight state.
Confusion Definition and Symptoms
Confusion is an inability to think clearly or as quickly as normal. There are many causes of confusion, some of the most common are, brain tumor, alcohol intoxication, concussion, fever, stroke, medications, low blow sugar, drug use, seizures, infections, and head trauma.