Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 780.03
Persistent vegetative state
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 780.03 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 780.03 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 780.03 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R40.3 Persistent vegetative state
Clinical Information
  • Vegetative state refers to the neurocognitive status of individuals with severe brain damage, in whom physiologic functions (sleep-wake cycles, autonomic control, and breathing) persist, but awareness (including all cognitive function and emotion) is abolished
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 780.03:
  • Alteration (of), altered
    • consciousness 780.09
      • persistent vegetative state 780.03
      • transient 780.02
  • Persistence, persistent (congenital) 759.89
    • vegetative state 780.03
  • State
    • vegetative (persistent) 780.03
  • Vegetation, vegetative
    • consciousness (persistent) 780.03
    • state (persistent) 780.03
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