Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 742.2
Congenital reduction deformities of brain
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Reduction deform, brain.
  • ICD-9-CM 742.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 742.2 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 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 742.2.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 742.2: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 742.2 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Q04.1 Arhinencephaly
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Q04.2 Holoprosencephaly
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Q04.3 Other reduction deformities of brain
Approximate Synonyms
  • Absent corpus callosum
  • Agenesis of corpus callosum
  • Congenital hypoplasia of part of brain
  • Congenital reduction deformity of brain
  • Holoprosencephaly sequence
  • Hypoplasia of part of brain, congenital
  • Lissencephaly
  • Microgyria
  • Reduction deformities of brain
  • Reduction deformity of brain, congenital
  • Septo optic dysplasia
  • Septo-optic dysplasia sequence
Applies To
  • Absence of part of brain
  • Agenesis of part of brain
  • Agyria
  • Aplasia of part of brain
  • Arhinencephaly
  • Holoprosencephaly
  • Hypoplasia of part of brain
  • Microgyria
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 742.2:
  • Absence (organ or part) (complete or partial)
    • brain 740.0
      • specified part 742.2
    • cerebellum (congenital) (vermis) 742.2
    • corpus callosum (congenital) 742.2
    • vermis of cerebellum 742.2
  • Agenesis - see also Absence, by site, congenital
    • brain 740.0
      • specified part 742.2
    • cerebellum 742.2
    • corpus callosum 742.2
    • vermis of cerebellum 742.2
  • Agyria 742.2
  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) 759.9
  • Aplasia - see also Agenesis
    • brain 740.0
      • specified part 742.2
    • cerebellar 742.2
    • corpus callosum 742.2
  • Arhinencephaly 742.2
  • Arnold-Chiari obstruction or syndrome (see also Spina bifida) 741.0
    • type IV 742.2
  • Arrhinencephaly 742.2
    • due to
  • Chiari's
    • malformation
      • type I 348.4
      • type II (see also Spina bifida) 741.0
      • type III 742.0
      • type IV 742.2
  • Deformity 738.9
  • Holoprosencephaly 742.2
  • Hypoplasia, hypoplasis 759.89
    • brain 742.1
      • gyri 742.2
      • specified part 742.2
    • cerebellum 742.2
    • corpus callosum 742.2
  • Lissencephalia, lissencephaly 742.2
  • Malformation (congenital) - see also Anomaly
    • Chiari
      • type I 348.4
      • type II (see also Spina bifida) 741.0
      • type III 742.0
      • type IV 742.2
  • Microgyria (congenital) 742.2
  • Nondevelopment
    • brain 742.1
      • specified part 742.2
  • Polymicrogyria 742.2
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
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