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Specific code 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 780.39
Other convulsions
  • Short description: CONVULSIONS NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 780.39 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 780.39 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 2008 version of ICD-9-CM 780.39.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 780.39: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 780.39 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R56.9 Unspecified convulsions
Approximate Synonyms
  • Abdominal seizure
  • Absence seizure
  • Absence seizure with atonic components
  • Absence seizure with autonomic components
  • Absence seizure with impairment of consciousness only
  • Absence seizure with mild clonic components
  • Afebrile seizure
  • Affective seizure
  • Alcohol withdrawal-induced convulsion
  • Alcohol-related fit
  • Anoxic seizure
  • Atonic seizure
  • Atypical absence seizure
  • Auditory seizure
  • Central convulsion
  • Clonic seizure
  • Cognitive seizure
  • Complex part seizure with impairment of consciousness only
  • Complex partial seizure + impairment consciousness at onset
  • Complex partial seizure evolving to generalized seizure
  • Complex partial seizure with impairment of consciousness
  • Convulsive syncope
  • Coordinate convulsion
  • Daily seizures
  • Dysmnesic seizure
  • Dysphasic seizure
  • Eclamptic seizure
  • Electroencephalogram abnormality with seizure
  • Epileptic cry
  • Familial febrile convulsions
  • Focal motor seizure
  • Gelastic seizure
  • Generalized seizure
  • Generalized-onset seizures
  • Gustatory seizure
  • Had a fit
  • Hypoglycemia-induced convulsion
  • Ideational partial seizure
  • Isolated seizures
  • Lowered convulsive threshold
  • Movement partial seizure
  • Non-convulsive simple partial status epilepticus
  • Nonspecific paroxysmal spell
  • Olfactory seizure
  • On examination - fit/convulsion
  • On examination - focal fit
  • On examination - grand mal fit
  • On examination - petit mal fit
  • Partial seizure
  • Partial seizure evolving to secondary generalized seizure
  • Partial seizure with illusions and hallucinations
  • Partial seizure with impaired consciousness
  • Partial seizure with multiple symptoms
  • Pattern sensitive seizure
  • Phonatory seizure
  • Post-ictal state
  • Postseizure delirium
  • Postural seizure
  • Puerperal convulsion
  • Raised convulsive threshold
  • Reading seizure
  • Secondarily generalized seizures
  • Seizure
  • Seizure after head injury
  • Seizure as late effect of stroke
  • Seizure causing illusions
  • Seizure disorder as sequela of stroke
  • Seizure related finding
  • Seizure undetermined whether focal or generalized
  • Seizure with provoking factor
  • Seizure with structured hallucinations
  • Seizure, generalized
  • Seizure, single
  • Seizures
  • Seizures as late effect of stroke (disorder)
  • Seizures complicating infection
  • Seizures complicating intracranial hemorrhage
  • Seizures complicating intracranial hemorrhage in the newborn
  • Seizures due to metabolic disorder
  • Seizures in response to acute event
  • Seizures w provoking factor
  • Seizures, generalized
  • Seizures, late effect of stroke
  • Simple partial onset of seizure with automatisms
  • Simple partial onset seizure followed by impaired consciousness
  • Simple partial seizure evolving to generalized seizure
  • Simple partial seizure evolving to secondary generalized seizure
  • Simple partial seizure followed by impaired consciousness
  • Simple partial seizure with autonomic dysfunction
  • Simple partial seizure with focal motor signs with march
  • Simple partial seizure with focal motor signs without march
  • Simple partial seizure with motor dysfunction
  • Simple partial seizure with somatosensory or special sensory dysfunction
  • Simple partial seizure with special sensory symptoms
  • Simple partial seizure, consciousness not impaired
  • Single epileptic seizure
  • Single seizure
  • Somatosensory seizure
  • Startle partial seizure
  • Stress seizure
  • Tetanic convulsion
  • Tonic-clonic seizure
  • Versive seizure
  • Visual seizure
Applies To
  • Convulsive disorder NOS
  • Fits NOS
  • Recurrent convulsions NOS
  • Seizure NOS
  • Seizures NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 780.39:
  • 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
    • generalized 780.39
    • infantile 780.39
      • epilepsy - see Epilepsy
    • internal 780.39
    • jacksonian (see also Epilepsy) 345.5
    • pregnancy (nephritic) (uremic) - see Eclampsia, pregnancy
    • psychomotor (see also Epilepsy) 345.4
    • puerperal, postpartum - see Eclampsia, pregnancy
    • recurrent 780.39
      • epileptic - see Epilepsy
    • repetitive 780.39
      • epileptic - see Epilepsy
    • salaam (see also Epilepsy) 345.6
    • spasmodic 780.39
    • tetanus, tetanic (see also Tetanus) 037
    • uncinate 780.39
  • 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
  • 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
  • Grand
    • mal (idiopathic) (see also Epilepsy) 345.1
      • hysteria of Charcôt 300.11
      • nonrecurrent or isolated 780.39
  • Pseudoseizure 780.39
    • non-psychiatric 780.39
  • Pseudotetanus (see also Convulsions) 780.39
  • Seizure(s) 780.39
    • akinetic (idiopathic) (see also Epilepsy) 345.0
    • apoplexy, apoplectic (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
    • atonic (see also Epilepsy) 345.0
    • brain or cerebral (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
    • convulsive (see also Convulsions) 780.39
    • cortical (focal) (motor) (see also Epilepsy) 345.5
    • epilepsy, epileptic (cryptogenic) (see also Epilepsy) 345.9
    • epileptiform, epileptoid 780.39
      • focal (see also Epilepsy) 345.5
    • heart - see Disease, heart
    • Jacksonian (focal) (see also Epilepsy) 345.5
    • 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
  • State
    • convulsive (see also Convulsions) 780.39
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