G93.5Compression of brain

G93.5 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for compression of brain. It belongs to category G93 (other disorders of brain), block G89-G99 (other disorders of the nervous system) and chapter 6 (diseases of the nervous system). It is billable, so it can be reported on its own for dates of service from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

Within G93 (other disorders of brain), G93.5 is specifically for compression of brain. Related codes cover cerebral cysts (G93.0), Anoxic brain damage, not elsewhere classified (G93.1), benign intracranial hypertension (G93.2), Postviral and related fatigue syndromes (G93.3), other and unspecified encephalopathy (G93.4), cerebral edema (G93.6), Reye's syndrome (G93.7), other specified disorders of brain (G93.8) and 1 more.

Don't report G93.5 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: traumatic compression of brain (S06.A-).

As a secondary diagnosis it is an MCC (major complication or comorbidity), which can move an inpatient stay into the highest-paying "with MCC" MS-DRG of its family, unless the principal diagnosis excludes it.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 080 (Nontraumatic Stupor and Coma with MCC, relative weight 1.7472) and DRG 081 (Nontraumatic Stupor and Coma without MCC, relative weight 0.806), in MDC 01 (Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.

Before ICD-10, this condition was coded in ICD-9-CM as 348.4 (compression of brain).