R40.242 - Glasgow coma scale score 9-12
| ICD-10: | R40.242 |
| Short Description: | Glasgow coma scale score 9-12 |
| Long Description: | Glasgow coma scale score 9-12 |
| Status: | Not Valid for Submission |
| Version: | ICD-10-CM 2023 |
| Code Classification: |
R40.242 is a non-specific and non-billable ICD-10 code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of glasgow coma scale score 9-12. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.
According to ICD-10-CM guidelines this code should not to be used as a principal diagnosis code when a related definitive diagnosis has been established.
Specific Coding for Glasgow coma scale score 9-12
Non-specific codes like R40.242 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10 codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for glasgow coma scale score 9-12:
- BILLABLE CODE - Use R40.2420 for unspecified time
- BILLABLE CODE - Use R40.2421 for in the field [EMT or ambulance]
- BILLABLE CODE - Use R40.2422 for at arrival to emergency department
- BILLABLE CODE - Use R40.2423 for at hospital admission
- BILLABLE CODE - Use R40.2424 for 24 hours or more after hospital admission
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index:
- - Glasgow coma scale
- - total score
- - 9-12 - R40.242
- - total score
Code History
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
