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ICD-10-CM Code for Cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous G96.01

ICD-10 code G96.01 for Cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .

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Cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous
Otorrhea due to spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid CSF leak
Rhinorrhea due to spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid CSF leak
Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak from skull base

G96.0

Excludes1: cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0)

Code also: if applicable:
intracranial hypotension (G96.81-)

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