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R41.82

Altered mental status, unspecified

Billable

Code Hierarchy

R41R41.8R41.82

Chapter: 18. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

Section: R40-R46 - Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Change in mental status NOS

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with R41.82

  • altered level of consciousness (R40.-)
  • altered mental status due to known condition - code to condition
  • R41.0 - delirium NOS (R41.0)

Related Codes

R41.81Billable

Age-related cognitive decline

R41.83Billable

Borderline intellectual functioning

R41.84Category

Other specified cognitive deficit

R41.85Billable

Anosognosia

R41.89Billable

Other symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness

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