ICD-10 diagnosis code

G08 Intracranial and intraspinal phlebitis and thrombophlebitis

G08 is the ICD-10 code for Intracranial and intraspinal phlebitis and thrombophlebitis. It is a three-character category that is not subdivided further. It belongs to the block G00–G09 (Inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system) in Chapter VI, Diseases of the nervous system.

Code type: Category (3 characters)
Chapter: VI · G00–G99
Classification: WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What G08 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

Septic:
- embolism of intracranial or intraspinal venous sinuses and veins
- endophlebitis of intracranial or intraspinal venous sinuses and veins
- phlebitis of intracranial or intraspinal venous sinuses and veins
- thrombophlebitis of intracranial or intraspinal venous sinuses and veins
- thrombosis of intracranial or intraspinal venous sinuses and veins

What G08 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

intracranial phlebitis and thrombophlebitis:
- complicating: abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy O00-O07, O08.7
- complicating: pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium O22.5, O87.3
- of nonpyogenic origin I67.6
nonpyogenic intraspinal phlebitis and thrombophlebitis G95.1

G08 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

G08Flebit och tromboflebit i skallens och ryggradskanalens venösa hålrum

G08.9Flebit och tromboflebit i skallens och ryggradskanalens venösa hålrum

NorwayICD-10-NO

G08Intrakraniell eller intraspinal flebitt eller tromboflebitt

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DG08Intrakraniel og intraspinal flebitis og tromboflebitis

DG089Intrakraniel eller intraspinal flebitis eller tromboflebitis

FinlandICD-10-FI

G08Kallonsisäinen tai selkärangansisäinen laskimotulehdus tai laskimontukkotulehdus

GermanyICD-10-GM

G08Intrakranielle und intraspinale Phlebitis und Thrombophlebitis

FranceICD-10-FR

G08Phlébite et thrombophlébite intracrâniennes et intrarachidiennes

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

G08intracraniale en intraspinale flebitis en tromboflebitis

United StatesICD-10-CM

G08Intracranial and intraspinal phlebitis and thrombophlebitis

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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