Billable Medical Code for Encephalopathy, Unspecified
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 348.30
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 348.30.
The Short Description Is: Encephalopathy NOS.
Known As
Encephalopathy is also known as disorder of brain, encephalopathy, encephalopathy associated with AIDS, human immunodefiency virus encephalopathy, hypoglycemic encephalopathy, photomyoclonus diabetes mellitus deafness nephropathy and cerebral dysfunction, and sepsis-associated encephalopathy.
Encephalopathy Definition and Symptoms
Encephalopathy is a general medical term meaning brain disease, damage, or malfunction. Causes of encephalopathy vary vastly but include anoxia, infections, drugs, and trauma. Symptoms of encephalopathy include but are not limited to dementia, personality changes, seizures, coma, and death.