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Q01 - Encephalocele


The ICD 10 Code for Encephalocele is listed as Q01.
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: Q01
Description: Encephalocele
  • Includes: Arnold-Chiari syndrome, type III
  • encephalocystocele
  • encephalomyelocele
  • hydroencephalocele
  • hydromeningocele, cranial
  • meningocele, cerebral
  • meningoencephalocele
  • Excludes1: Meckel-Gruber syndrome (Q61.9)
Chapter Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of Q01:
Q01.0 - Frontal encephalocele
Q01.1 - Nasofrontal encephalocele
Q01.2 - Occipital encephalocele
Q01.8 - Encephalocele of other sites
Q01.9 - Encephalocele, unspecified