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G04.39

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Other acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A severe brain inflammation with bleeding and tissue death caused by factors other than vaccination or unspecified causes.

Coding Tips

  • •Identify and document the specific cause (infection, autoimmune, toxic, etc.) in the medical record
  • •Use this code only when the cause does not fit G04.30 or G04.32 categories

Code Also

  • underlying etiology, if applicable

Code Hierarchy

└G04Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis└G04.3Acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy└G04.39Other acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy
└G04.39Other acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy

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