Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Postcontusional syndrome (encephalopathy)
  • Post-traumatic brain syndrome, nonpsychotic

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with F07.81

  • current concussion (brain) (S06.0-)
  • F07.89 - postencephalitic syndrome (F07.89)

Use Additional Code

  • code to identify associated post-traumatic headache, if applicable (G44.3-)

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