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2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Nervous System And Sense Organs 320-389 > Inflammatory Diseases Of The Central Nervous System 320-326 > Intracranial And Intraspinal Abscess 324.* > 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 324.0 Intracranial abscess  On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date. The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 324.0 can be accessed here. A circumscribed collection of purulent exudate in the brain, due to bacterial and other infections. The majority are caused by spread of infected material from a focus of suppuration elsewhere in the body, notably the PARANASAL SINUSES, middle ear (see EAR, MIDDLE), HEART (see also ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL), and LUNG. Penetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA and NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES may also be associated with this condition. Clinical manifestations include HEADACHE, SEIZURES, focal neurologic deficits, and alterations of consciousness. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp712-6) 324.0 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 324.0 contains 19 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 324.* hierarchy 324.0 also known as: Abscess (embolic): cerebellar cerebral Abscess (embolic) of brain [any part]: epidural extradural otogenic subdural 324.0 excludes: tuberculous (013.3) Index entries containing 324.0: Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9 brain (any part) 324.0 amebic (with liver or lung abscess) 006.5 cystic 324.0 late effect - see category 326 otogenic 324.0 tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 013.3 cerebellum, cerebellar 324.0 late effect - see category 326 cerebral (embolic) 324.0 late effect - see category 326 cranium 324.0 epidural 324.9 brain 324.0 extradural 324.9 brain 324.0 intracranial 324.0 late effect - see category 326 sinus (accessory) (chronic) (nasal) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9 intracranial venous (any) 324.0 late effect - see category 326 subarachnoid 324.9 brain 324.0 cerebral 324.0 subdural 324.9 brain 324.0 temporosphenoidal 324.0 late effect - see category 326 Empyema (chest) (diaphragmatic) (double) (encapsulated) (general) (interlobar) (lung) (medial) (necessitatis) (perforating chest wall) (pleura) (pneumococcal) (residual) (sacculated) (streptococcal) (supradiaphragmatic) 510.9 brain (any part) (see also Abscess, brain) 324.0 ventricular (see also Abscess, brain) 324.0 Encephalitis (bacterial) (chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute) 323.9 suppurative 324.0 Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9 brain (see also Encephalitis) 323.9 septic 324.0 late effect - see category 326 meninges (see also Meningitis) 320.9 Suppuration, suppurative - see also condition brain 324.0 late effect 326