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R56

Convulsions, not elsewhere classified

Non-billableCategory

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

Section: R50-R69 - General symptoms and signs

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with R56

  • F44.5 - dissociative convulsions and seizures (F44.5)
  • epileptic convulsions and seizures (G40.-)
  • P90 - newborn convulsions and seizures (P90)

Specific Codes (3)

R56.0Category

Febrile convulsions

R56.1Billable

Post traumatic seizures

R56.9Billable

Unspecified convulsions

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