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Specific code 2009 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 348.8
Other conditions of brain
  • Short description: BRAIN CONDITIONS NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 348.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 348.8 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 348.8.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 348.8: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
  • No ICD-10-CM code(s) convert to ICD-9-CM 348.8
Applies To
  • Cerebral:
    • calcification
    • fungus
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 348.8:
  • Automatism 348.8
    • epileptic (see also Epilepsy) 345.4
    • paroxysmal, idiopathic (see also Epilepsy) 345.4
  • Brain - see also condition
    • death 348.8
  • Calcification
    • cerebral (cortex) 348.8
  • Cicatrix (adherent) (contracted) (painful) (vicious) 709.2
    • brain 348.8
  • Death
    • brain 348.8
  • Deformity 738.9
    • cerebral (congenital) 742.9
      • acquired 348.8
  • Depression 311
    • medullary 348.8
    • respiratory center 348.8
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • medullary center (idiopathic) (respiratory) 348.8
  • Failure, failed
  • Fistula (sinus) 686.9
    • brain 348.8
      • arteriovenous - see Fistula, arteriovenous, brain
  • Flat
    • electroencephalogram (EEG) 348.8
  • Fungus, fungous
    • cerebral 348.8
  • Granuloma NEC 686.1
    • cerebral 348.8
  • Hardening
    • brain 348.8
  • Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
    • brain 348.8
  • Induration, indurated
    • brain 348.8
  • Lesion(s)
    • brain 348.8
      • congenital 742.9
      • vascular (see also Lesion, cerebrovascular) 437.9
        • degenerative 437.1
        • healed or old without residuals V12.54
        • hypertensive 437.2
        • late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
    • motor cortex 348.8
  • Ondine's curse 348.8
  • Pneumatocele (lung) 518.89
    • intracranial 348.8
  • Pneumocephalus 348.8
  • Stenosis (cicatricial) - see also Stricture
    • brain 348.8
  • Stricture (see also Stenosis) 799.89
    • brain 348.8
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • Clérambault's
      • automatism 348.8
      • erotomania 297.8
    • midbrain 348.8
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