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Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 345.81
Other forms of epilepsy and recurrent seizures, with intractable epilepsy
  • Short description: Epilepsy NEC w intr epil.
  • ICD-9-CM 345.81 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 345.81 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 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 345.81.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 345.81: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 345.81 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM G40.111 Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with simple partial seizures, intractable, with status epilepticus
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM G40.119 Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with simple partial seizures, intractable, without status epilepticus
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM G40.804 Other epilepsy, intractable, without status epilepticus
Approximate Synonyms
  • Absence epilepsy, intractable w status epilepticus
  • Atypical absence epilepsy, intractable
  • Atypical absence epilepsy, intractable w status epilepticus
  • Atypical intractable absence epilepsy
  • Atypical intractable absence epilepsy with status epilepticus
  • Intractable Rolandic epilepsy (disorder)
  • Intractable Rolandic seizures
  • Intractable Rolandic seizures with status epilepticus
  • Intractalbe Rolandic seizures with status epilepticus (disorder)
  • Refractory localization-related epilepsy
  • Rolandic seizures, intractable
  • Rolandic seizures, intractable w status epilepticus
  • Rolandic seizures, intractable with status epilepticus
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