2009 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 780.39 : Other convulsions

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2009 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 780.39

Other convulsions

780.32

780.4

780.39 is a billable ICD-9-CM medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Newer versions of 780.39: 2010

Diagnosis Definition(s) Click to expand

the most dramatic type of seizure, characterized by tonic and clonic contraction of most skeletal muscles.
WHAT: Seizure. Seizure: a paroxysmal transient disturbance of brain function that may be manifested as episodic impairment or loss of consciousness, abnormal motor phenomena, psychic or sensory disturbance or perturbation of the autonomic brain electrical activity. WHY: Seizures may occur in systemic lupus erythematosus or in necrotizing vasculitides such as polyarteritis, eosinophilic granulomatous vasculitis, aortic arch arteritis, or rheumatoid arteritis. HOW: A seizure probably exists when there are generalized convulsions or focal motor/sensory phenomenon. GENERALIZED CONVULSIONS may be preceded by an aura but usually have a sudden loss of consciousness with generalized muscle rigidity then generalized muscle activity. They may have incontinence of urine or feces or laceration of the tongue or buccal mucosa. This usually is followed by flaccidity, drowsiness, or complaints of a headache or sore muscles. FOCAL MOTOR/SENSORY PHENOMENON may precede generalized convulsions but may be tonic or clonic muscle activity that is limited to one extremity, one side of the body, or one side of the face or lateralized/localized sensory sensations. These may only be brief sudden involuntary muscle contractions associated with transitory loss of muscle tone and a brief loss of contact with the environment, repetitive automatic behavior patterns, feelings of familiarity or unfamiliarity associated with compulsive thinking, unpleasant epi- gastric sensations that may radiate to the head, or hallucinations of an auditory, vertiginous, olfactory, gustatory, or visual type. REFS: 1) Steinberg, AD: "Management of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus". In Textbook of Rheumatology (Ch. 70). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1981. 2) Hunder, GG and Conn, DL: "Necrotizing Vasculitis". In Textbook of Rheumatology (Ch. 72). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1981. 3) Harris, ED Jr: "Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis". In Textbook of Rheumatology (Ch. 59). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1981. 4) Bennet, RM and Spargo, BH: Neuropsychiatric problems in mixed connective tissue disease. Am J Med 65(6), December 1978, pp. 955-62. DN19307-1. 5) Duman, S and Ginsburg, S: "Epilepsy (Seizures)". In Problem- Oriented Medical Diagnosis (Ch. 10). Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1975.
(SEE-zhurz) Convulsions; sudden, involuntary movements of the muscles.
Sudden, involuntary skeletal muscular contractions of cerebral or brain stem origin.--2004

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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 780.39 Click to expand

Attack

epileptiform 780.39
paroxysmal 780.39
sensory and motor 780.39
toxic, cerebral 780.39

Coma 780.01

eclamptic (see also Eclampsia) 780.39

Convulsions (idiopathic)

780.39

apoplectiform (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
brain 780.39
cerebral 780.39
cerebrospinal 780.39
due to trauma NEC - see Injury, intracranial
eclamptic (see also Eclampsia) 780.39
epileptic (see also Epilepsy) 345.9
epileptiform (see also Seizure, epileptiform) 780.39
epileptoid (see also Seizure, epileptiform) 780.39
ether
- anesthetic
  - correct substance properly administered 780.39
  - overdose or wrong substance given 968.2
- other specified type - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
febrile (simple) 780.31
- complex 780.32
generalized 780.39
hysterical 300.11
infantile 780.39
- epilepsy - see Epilepsy
internal 780.39
jacksonian (see also Epilepsy) 345.5
myoclonic 333.2
newborn 779.0
paretic 094.1
pregnancy (nephritic) (uremic) - see Eclampsia, pregnancy
psychomotor (see also Epilepsy) 345.4
puerperal, postpartum - see Eclampsia, pregnancy
recurrent 780.39
- epileptic - see Epilepsy
reflex 781.0
repetitive 780.39
- epileptic - see Epilepsy
salaam (see also Epilepsy) 345.6
scarlatinal 034.1
spasmodic 780.39
tetanus, tetanic (see also Tetanus) 037
thymic 254.8
uncinate 780.39
uremic 586

Convulsive - see also Convulsions

disorder or state 780.39
- epileptic - see Epilepsy

Delirium, delirious 780.09

eclamptic (see also Eclampsia) 780.39

Disorder - see also Disease

convulsive (secondary) (see also Convulsions) 780.39
- due to injury at birth 767.0
- idiopathic 780.39
paroxysmal, mixed 780.39

Eclampsia, eclamptic (coma) (convulsions) (delirium)

780.39

female, child-bearing age NEC - see Eclampsia, pregnancy
gravidarum - see Eclampsia, pregnancy
male 780.39
not associated with pregnancy or childbirth 780.39
pregnancy, childbirth, or puerperium 642.6
- with pre-existing hypertension 642.7
- affecting fetus or newborn 760.0
uremic 586

Epileptiform

convulsions 780.39
seizure 780.39

Fit

780.39

apoplectic (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
- late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
epileptic (see also Epilepsy) 345.9
fainting 780.2
hysterical 300.11
newborn 779.0

Grand

mal (idiopathic) (see also Epilepsy) 345.1
- nonrecurrent or isolated 780.39

Pseudoseizure

780.39

non-psychiatric 780.39
psychiatric 300.11

Pseudotetanus (see also Convulsions)

780.39

Seizure(s)

780.39

akinetic (idiopathic) (see also Epilepsy) 345.0
- psychomotor 345.4
apoplexy, apoplectic (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
atonic (see also Epilepsy) 345.0
autonomic 300.11
brain or cerebral (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
convulsive (see also Convulsions) 780.39
cortical (focal) (motor) (see also Epilepsy) 345.5
due to stroke 438.89
epilepsy, epileptic (cryptogenic) (see also Epilepsy) 345.9
epileptiform, epileptoid 780.39
- focal (see also Epilepsy) 345.5
febrile (simple) 780.31
- with status epilepticus 345.3
- atypical 780.32
- complex 780.32
- complicated 780.32
heart - see Disease, heart
hysterical 300.11
Jacksonian (focal) (see also Epilepsy) 345.5
- motor type 345.5
- sensory type 345.5
migraine triggered 346.0
newborn 779.0
paralysis (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
recurrent 345.9
- epileptic - see Epilepsy
repetitive 780.39
- epileptic - see Epilepsy
salaam (see also Epilepsy) 345.6
uncinate (see also Epilepsy) 345.4

Spells

780.39

breath-holding 786.9

State

convulsive (see also Convulsions) 780.39

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