2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 780.39
Other convulsions
- 2015
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- ICD-9-CM 780.39 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 780.39 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
780.39 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R56.9 Unspecified convulsions
Clinical Information
- (see-zhurz) convulsions; sudden, involuntary movements of the muscles
- Sudden, involuntary skeletal muscular contractions of cerebral or brain stem origin
- The most dramatic type of seizure, characterized by tonic and clonic contraction of most skeletal muscles
- What: seizure. Seizure: a paroxysmal transient disturbance of brain function that may be manifested as episodic impairment or loss of consciousness, abnormal motor phenomena, psychic or sensory disturbance or perturbation of the autonomic brain electrical activity. Why: seizures may occur in systemic lupus erythematosus or in necrotizing vasculitides such as polyarteritis, eosinophilic granulomatous vasculitis, aortic arch arteritis, or rheumatoid arteritis. How: a seizure probably exists when there are generalized convulsions or focal motor/sensory phenomenon. Generalized convulsions may be preceded by an aura but usually have a sudden loss of consciousness with generalized muscle rigidity then generalized muscle activity. They may have incontinence of urine or feces or laceration of the tongue or buccal mucosa. This usually is followed by flaccidity, drowsiness, or complaints of a headache or sore muscles. Focal motor/sensory phenomenon may precede generalized convulsions but may be tonic or clonic muscle activity that is limited to one extremity, one side of the body, or one side of the face or lateralized/localized sensory sensations. These may only be brief sudden involuntary muscle contractions associated with transitory loss of muscle tone and a brief loss of contact with the environment, repetitive automatic behavior patterns, feelings of familiarity or unfamiliarity associated with compulsive thinking, unpleasant epi- gastric sensations that may radiate to the head, or hallucinations of an auditory, vertiginous, olfactory, gustatory, or visual type. Refs: 1) steinberg, ad: "management of systemic lupus erythematosus". In textbook of rheumatology (ch. 70). Philadelphia: w.b. Saunders co., 1981. 2) hunder, gg and conn, dl: "necrotizing vasculitis". In textbook of rheumatology (ch. 72). Philadelphia: w.b. Saunders co., 1981. 3) harris, ed jr: "pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis". In textbook of rheumatology (ch. 59). Philadelphia: w.b. Saunders co., 1981. 4) bennet, rm and spargo, bh: neuropsychiatric problems in mixed connective tissue disease. Am j med 65(6), december 1978, pp. 955-62. Dn19307-1. 5) duman, s and ginsburg, s: "epilepsy (seizures)". In problem- oriented medical diagnosis (ch. 10). Boston: little, brown and co., 1975
Applies To
- Convulsive disorder NOS
- Fits NOS
- Recurrent convulsions NOS
- Seizure NOS
- Seizures NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
780.39:
- Attack
epileptiform 780.39
- paroxysmal 780.39
- sensory and motor 780.39
toxic, cerebral 780.39
- Coma 780.01
- eclamptic (see also Eclampsia) 780.39
- Convulsions (idiopathic) 780.39
- apoplectiform (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
- brain 780.39
- cerebral 780.39
- cerebrospinal 780.39
- due to trauma NEC - see Injury, intracranial
- eclamptic (see also Eclampsia) 780.39
- epileptic (see also Epilepsy) 345.9
- epileptiform (see also Seizure, epileptiform) 780.39
- epileptoid (see also Seizure, epileptiform) 780.39
- ether
anesthetic- correct substance properly administered 780.39
- overdose or wrong substance given 968.2
- other specified type - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
- generalized 780.39
- infantile 780.39
- epilepsy - see Epilepsy
- internal 780.39
- jacksonian (see also Epilepsy) 345.5
- pregnancy (nephritic) (uremic) - see Eclampsia, pregnancy
- psychomotor (see also Epilepsy) 345.4
- puerperal, postpartum - see Eclampsia, pregnancy
- recurrent 780.39
- epileptic - see Epilepsy
- repetitive 780.39
- epileptic - see Epilepsy
- salaam (see also Epilepsy) 345.6
- spasmodic 780.39
- tetanus, tetanic (see also Tetanus) 037
- uncinate 780.39
- Convulsive - see also Convulsions
- disorder or state 780.39
epileptic - see Epilepsy
- Delirium, delirious 780.09
- eclamptic (see also Eclampsia) 780.39
- Disorder - see also Disease
- convulsive (secondary) (see also Convulsions) 780.39
- due to injury at birth 767.0
- idiopathic 780.39
- paroxysmal, mixed 780.39
- Eclampsia, eclamptic (coma) (convulsions) (delirium) 780.39
- female, child-bearing age NEC - see Eclampsia, pregnancy
- gravidarum - see Eclampsia, pregnancy
- male 780.39
- not associated with pregnancy or childbirth 780.39
- pregnancy, childbirth, or puerperium 642.6
- with pre-existing hypertension 642.7
- affecting fetus or newborn 760.0
- Epileptiform
- convulsions 780.39
- seizure 780.39
- Fit 780.39
- apoplectic (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
- late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
- epileptic (see also Epilepsy) 345.9
- Grand
- mal (idiopathic) (see also Epilepsy) 345.1
- hysteria of Charcôt 300.11
- nonrecurrent or isolated 780.39
- Pseudoseizure 780.39
- non-psychiatric 780.39
- Pseudotetanus (see also Convulsions) 780.39
- Seizure(s) 780.39
- akinetic (idiopathic) (see also Epilepsy) 345.0
- apoplexy, apoplectic (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
- atonic (see also Epilepsy) 345.0
- brain or cerebral (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
- convulsive (see also Convulsions) 780.39
- cortical (focal) (motor) (see also Epilepsy) 345.5
- disorder (see also Epilepsy) 345.9
- epilepsy, epileptic (cryptogenic) (see also Epilepsy) 345.9
- epileptiform, epileptoid 780.39
- focal (see also Epilepsy) 345.5
- heart - see Disease, heart
- Jacksonian (focal) (see also Epilepsy) 345.5
- paralysis (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
- recurrent 345.8
- epileptic - see Epilepsy
- repetitive 780.39
- epileptic - see Epilepsy
- salaam (see also Epilepsy) 345.6
- uncinate (see also Epilepsy) 345.4
- Spells 780.39
- State
- convulsive (see also Convulsions) 780.39
