2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Nervous System And Sense Organs 320-389 > Other Disorders Of The Central Nervous System 340-349 > Other Conditions Of Brain 348.* > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 348.2 Benign intracranial hypertension View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 348.2 A condition marked by raised intracranial pressure and characterized clinically by HEADACHES; NAUSEA; PAPILLEDEMA, peripheral constriction of the visual fields, transient visual obscurations, and pulsatile TINNITUS. OBESITY is frequently associated with this condition, which primarily affects women between 20 and 44 years of age. Chronic PAPILLEDEMA may lead to optic nerve injury (see OPTIC NERVE DISEASES) and visual loss (see BLINDNESS). 348.2 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 348.2 contains 8 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 348.* hierarchy Alternate Terminology Pseudotumor cerebri 348.2 Excludes hypertensive encephalopathy (437.2)  Index entries containing 348.2: Hydrocephalus (acquired) (external) (internal) (malignant) (noncommunicating) (obstructive) (recurrent) 331.4 otitic 348.2 Meningitis (basal) (basic) (basilar) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetica) (toxic) 322.9 serous NEC (see also Meningitis, aseptic) 047.9 syndrome 348.2 Otitic hydrocephalus 348.2 Pressure increased intracranial 781.99 due to benign intracranial hypertension 348.2 Pseudohydrocephalus 348.2 Pseudotumor cerebri 348.2 Symonds' syndrome 348.2 Syndrome - see also Disease serous meningitis 348.2 Symonds' 348.2