G96.0
Cerebrospinal fluid leak
G96.0 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for cerebrospinal fluid leak. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are G96.00 Cerebrospinal fluid leak, unspecified; G96.01 Cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous; G96.02 Spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak, spontaneous; G96.08 Other cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak and 1 more. Its coding notes include a Code also instruction, 1 Excludes1 entry and 8 Excludes2 entries.
Code also
Two codes may be needed to describe the condition. This note gives no sequencing order.
- if applicable:
- intracranial hypotension (G96.81-)
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
- cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)