AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2021 Issue 2; Ask the Editor

Static Encephalopathy due to Epilepsy

A five-year-old female with profound developmental delays and epilepsy has chronic static encephalopathy secondary to epilepsy and epileptic encephalopathy. In the Alphabetic Index, under the main term Encephalopathy there is no subentry for static. What is the appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnosis code assignment for chronic static encephalopathy secondary to epilepsy and epileptic encephalopathy? Is static encephalopathy inherent to the epilepsy and not coded separately? ...

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