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A81.1 - Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis


The ICD 10 Code for Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is listed as A81.1.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: A81.1
Description: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
  • Dawson's inclusion body encephalitis
  • Van Bogaert's sclerosing leukoencephalopathy
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
056 - Degenerative Nervous System Disorders W Mcc
057 - Degenerative Nervous System Disorders W/o Mcc
793 - Full Term Neonate W Major Problems
Chapter Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Block Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system (A80-A89)
Parent A81 - Atypical virus infections of central nervous system
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 046.2 - Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of A81.1:
A81.0 - Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
A81.2 - Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
A81.8 - Other atypical virus infections of central nervous system
A81.9 - Atypical virus infection of central nervous system, unspecified