Disease staging: CliniCal anD CoDeD Criteria - HCUP

Clinical Criteria with Description, Diagnostic Findings and ICD-9-CM codes
DXCat Number: NEU07
MultiStage: No
DXCat Label: Epilepsy Specificity: A
Etiology: Idiopathic
Stage Description Diagnostic findings ICD-9-CM Codes
1.01 Partial seizures with elementary Partial seizures [EEG report]
DX 34550, 34560, 34570, 34580,
symptomatology
AND no loss of consciousness at time of seizures
34590;
OR no disorientation:
1.02 Partial seizures with complex
symptomatology
Partial seizures [EEG report]
AND loss of consciousness at time of seizures
OR loss of “contact with environment”
OR disorientation:
DX 34540;
2.01 Absence seizures Petit mal seizures [EEG report]
OR atypical absence seizures
2.02 Tonic clonic seizures Grand mal seizure [EEG report]
OR tonic-clonic contraction of the muscles of the extremities
OR tonic seizures
OR clonic seizures
OR atonic seizures
OR
OR
myoclonic seizures
infantile spasms
AND loss of consciousness
3.01 Status epilepticus Stage 1.01-2.02
AND loss of consciousness for ≥ 24 hours
AND seizures recurring < 24 hour period
3.02 with respiratory failure Stage 1.02-3.01
AND respiratory failure:
4.00 with death Stage 1.02-3.02
AND death
DX 34500-34501, 3452;
DX 34510;
DX 34511, 3453, 34541, 34551,
34561, 34571, 34581, 34591;
STAGE 1.01-3.01 + GROUP
RESP_FAIL;
NO;
References:
Aminoff MJ. Epilepsy. In: Tierney Jr LM, McPhee SJ Papadakis MA, eds. Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment. Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange; 1998:921-926.
Lowenstein DH. Seizures and epilepsy. In: Fauci AS, Braunwald E, Isselbacher KJ, Wilson JD, Martin JB, Kasper DL, Hauser SL, Longo, DL, eds. Harrison’s Principles of Internal
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