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R56.9 - Unspecified convulsions


The ICD 10 Code for Unspecified convulsions is listed as R56.9.
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: R56.9
Description: Unspecified convulsions
  • Convulsion disorder
  • Fit NOS
  • Recurrent convulsions
  • Seizure(s) (convulsive) NOS
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
100 - Seizures W Mcc
101 - Seizures W/o Mcc
793 - Full Term Neonate W Major Problems
Chapter Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Block General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
Parent R56 - Convulsions, not elsewhere classified
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 780.39 - Other convulsions (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R56.9:
R56.0 - Febrile convulsions
R56.1 - Post traumatic seizures