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803.15 - Other Closed Skull Fracture With Cerebral Laceration And Contusion, With Prolonged [more Than 24 Hours] Loss Of Consciousness, Without Return To Pre-existing Conscious Level


The ICD 9 Code for Other closed skull fracture with cerebral laceration and contusion, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness, without return to pre-existing conscious level is listed as 803.15.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 803.15
Long Description: Other closed skull fracture with cerebral laceration and contusion, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness, without return to pre-existing conscious level
Short Description: Cl skul fx NEC-deep coma
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Fracture Of Skull (800-804)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: Combination:
S02.91XA - Unspecified fracture of skull, initial encounter for closed fracture
with
S06.336A - Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness greater than 24 hours without return to pre-existing conscious level with patient surviving, initial encounter
OR
S06.337A - Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to brain injury prior to regaining consciousness, initial encounter
OR
S06.338A - Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness of any duration with death due to other cause prior to regaining consciousness, initial encounter
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 803.15:
803.10 - Other closed skull fracture with cerebral laceration and contusion, unspecified state of consciousness
803.11 - Other closed skull fracture with cerebral laceration and contusion, with no loss of consciousness
803.12 - Other closed skull fracture with cerebral laceration and contusion, with brief [less than one hour] loss of consciousness
803.13 - Other closed skull fracture with cerebral laceration and contusion, with moderate [1-24 hours] loss of consciousness
803.14 - Other closed skull fracture with cerebral laceration and contusion, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness and return to pre-existing conscious level
803.16 - Other closed skull fracture with cerebral laceration and contusion, with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
803.19 - Other closed skull fracture with cerebral laceration and contusion, with concussion, unspecified