R40.233⚠ Requires 7th Character

Coma scale, best motor response, abnormal flexion

⚠ 7th Character Required

The following appropriate 7th character is to be added to subcategory R40.23-:

This code is not valid for billing without a 7th character. Append one of the following to R40.233:

0unspecified timeR40.23301in the field [EMT or ambulance]R40.23312at arrival to emergency departmentR40.23323at hospital admissionR40.2333424 hours or more after hospital admissionR40.2334

Inclusion Terms

  • •Abnormal flexure posturing to pain or noxious stimuli (2-5 years of age)
  • •Coma scale motor score of 3
  • •Flexion/decorticate posturing (< 2 years of age)

Code Hierarchy

┌18Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)├R40-R46Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior (R40-R46)├R40Somnolence, stupor and coma
└R40.233Coma scale, best motor response, abnormal flexion

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