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Scenario: Epilepsy due to traumatic brain injury

A 65-year-old woman was a passenger in a car accident five years ago and suffered a TBI. As a result of the TBI, she has recurrent seizures and is admitted to home health for instruction on new medications to help control the seizure.

Code the scenario:

Primary and Secondary Diagnoses

M1025 Additional diagnoses

M1021a: Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable without status epilepticus

G40.909

 
 
M1023b: Unspecified intracranial injury without loss of consciousness, sequela S06.9x0S    
M1023c: Car passenger injured in collision with other type car in traffic accident, sequela V43.62xS