R40.222⚠ Requires 7th Character

Coma scale, best verbal response, incomprehensible words

⚠ 7th Character Required

The following appropriate 7th character is to be added to subcategory R40.22-:

This code is not valid for billing without a 7th character. Append one of the following to R40.222:

0unspecified timeR40.22201in the field [EMT or ambulance]R40.22212at arrival to emergency departmentR40.22223at hospital admissionR40.2223424 hours or more after hospital admissionR40.2224

Inclusion Terms

  • •Coma scale verbal score of 2
  • •Incomprehensible sounds (2-5 years of age)
  • •Moans/grunts to pain; restless (<2 years old)

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
└R40.222Coma scale, best verbal response, incomprehensible words

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