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ICD-10-CM Code for Glasgow coma scale score 3-8 R40.243

ICD-10 code R40.243 for Glasgow coma scale score 3-8 is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .

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Glasgow coma scale score 3-8

R40.2

Code first any associated:
fracture of skull (S02.-)
intracranial injury (S06.-)

R40

Excludes1: neonatal coma (P91.5)
somnolence, stupor and coma in diabetes (E08-E13)
somnolence, stupor and coma in hepatic failure (K72.-)
somnolence, stupor and coma in hypoglycemia (nondiabetic) (E15)

 
R40.243 Glasgow coma scale score 3-8
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Glasgow coma scale score 3-8, unspecified time
Child Code
Glasgow coma scale score 3-8, in the field [EMT or ambulance]
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Glasgow coma scale score 3-8, at arrival to emergency department
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Glasgow coma scale score 3-8, at hospital admission
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Glasgow coma scale score 3-8, 24 hours or more after hospital admission

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