structural or functional abnormalities of the central or peripheral nervous system existing at birth and often before birth, resulting primarily from defects of embryogenesis.
pathologic condition existing at, and usually before, birth affecting the brain, which is composed of the intracranial components of the central nervous system.
Also applicable to/known as
Anomaly of brain, nervous system, and spinal cord
Congenital, of brain, nervous system, and spinal cord:
disease of brain, nervous system, and spinal cord
lesion of brain, nervous system, and spinal cord
Deformity of brain, nervous system, and spinal cord
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 742.9
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly
2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 742.9
742.9
