Encephalopathy, NOS

ICD10 Diagnosis
Dx:	Encephalopathy, NOS
ICD10 code:	G93.4
Pre-ICD10 counterpart:	none assigned
Charlson/ALERT Scale:	none
APACHE Como Component:	none
APACHE Acute Component:	none
Start Date:
Stop Date:
Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements):	No results
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Additional Info

Encephalopathy is a general term that means brain disease, damage, or malfunction. The major symptom of encephalopathy is an altered mental state. The causes of encephalopathy are numerous and varied; they include infections, anoxia, metabolic problems, toxins, drugs, physiologic changes, trauma, and other causes.

Includes:

	any decreased LOC? Probably not. So just what does it mean to include this? Can we remove it? Or move it to the "major symptom" part of the first sentence?

Excludes:

Do not use this code for hepatic encephalopathy - there are specific codes, see under #Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition

Coding altered mental status in ICD10 can be complex, see ICD10 Guideline for coding altered mental status for more info.

Encephalopathy codes:

none found

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