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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
*This code is for NON-TRAUMATIC herniation only.  For herniation secondary to head trauma, use instead '''[[Brain injury, diffuse (TBI), injury/trauma]]'''
*This code includes brain herniation, so-called mass effect that compresses all or part of the brain, and all other types -- also code and link to this the cause, if known.
*This code includes NON-TRAUMATIC causes only.  For herniation secondary to head trauma, use instead '''[[Brain injury, diffuse (TBI), injury/trauma]]'''
 
{{DT | Tina, please change the name of this to "Brain compression, including herniation"}}


== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==