850-854 Alberta AHCIP block: Intracranial injury, excluding those with skull fracture

850-854 isn’t a code on its own. Choose one of the 13 codes beneath it, the one the documentation supports.

Official description

850-854

Intracranial injury, excluding those with skull fracture (850-854)

Alberta AHCIP diagnostic codes (ICD-9) · Alberta

Codes in 850-854

850-854 isn’t a code on its own. Open the code that matches what the note documents.

850Concussion 851Cerebral laceration and contusion 852Subarachnoid, subdural and extradural haemorrhage, following injury 853Other and unspecified intracranial haemorrhage following injury 854Intracranial injury of other and unspecified nature

Notes for 850-854

As Alberta Health prints them, with any note 850-854 takes from the headings above it.

Excludes

Conditions classified elsewhere.

Intracranial injury with skull fracture (800-801, 803-804 with .1, .3)Nerve Injury (950.-,951.-)Open wound of head without intracranial injury (870-873)Skull Fracture alone (800-801, 803-804 with .0, .2)

Where 850-854 sits

1ChapterXVII. Injury and poisoning
2Block 850-854Intracranial injury, excluding those with skull fracture

Source and release

Data release: Alberta AHCIP · January 2018
Effective date: Jan 18, 2018
Publisher: Alberta Health

This page is built from the Alberta AHCIP catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Alberta Health’s January 2018 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.

See 850-854 in the Alberta Health source

Frequently asked questions

Is 850-854 a valid Alberta diagnostic code?

No. 850-854 (Intracranial injury, excluding those with skull fracture) is a block heading in Alberta Health’s Alberta AHCIP January 2018 release. It holds 13 codes; record the one the documentation supports.

Where is 850-854 in Alberta AHCIP?

850-854 sits under XVII. Injury and poisoning.

What coding notes apply to 850-854?

Alberta AHCIP lists Excludes notes for 850-854, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.

Which Alberta AHCIP release does this page use?

It uses Alberta Health’s January 2018 release, in effect from Jan 18, 2018. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.

800-804Fracture of skull 805-809Fracture of spine and trunk 810-819Fracture of upper limb 820-829Fracture of lower limb 830-839Dislocation 840-848Sprains and strains of joints and adjacent muscles 860-869Internal injury of chest, abdomen and pelvis 870-897Open wounds 900-904Injury to blood vessels 905-909Late effects of injuries, poisonings, toxic effects and other external causes 910-919Superficial injury (910 -919)920-924Contusion with intact skin surface 925-929Crushing injury 930-939Effects of foreign body entering through orifice 940-949Burns 950-957Injury to nerves and spinal cord 958-959Certain traumatic complications and unspecified injuries 960-979Poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances ( 960-979)980-989Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source 990-995Other and unspecified effects of external causes 996-999Complications of surgical and medical care not elswhere classified