R40.2254
Coma scale, best verbal response, oriented, 24 hours or more after hospital admission
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Hierarchy
Where R40.2254 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.
- R40 Somnolence, stupor and coma
- R40.2 Coma
- R40.22 Coma scale, best verbal response
- R40.225 Parent Coma scale, best verbal response, oriented
- R40.2254 This code Coma scale, best verbal response, oriented, 24 hours or more after hospital admission
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.
Excludes1
somnolence, stupor and coma in diabetes (E08-E13)
Inherited from R40 — Somnolence, stupor and coma
7th Character
The following appropriate 7th character is to be added to subcategory R40.22-:
Inherited from R40.22 — Coma scale, best verbal response
7th Character
1 - in the field [EMT or ambulance]
Inherited from R40.22 — Coma scale, best verbal response
7th Character
2 - at arrival to emergency department
Inherited from R40.22 — Coma scale, best verbal response
7th Character
4 - 24 hours or more after hospital admission
Inherited from R40.22 — Coma scale, best verbal response
Version History
How R40.2254 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentComa scale, best verbal response, oriented, 24 hours or more after hospital admission
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedComa scale, best verbal response, oriented, 24 hours or more after hospital admission
Related Codes
Other codes under R40.225
- R40.2250 Coma scale, best verbal response, oriented, unspecified time Billable
- R40.2251 Coma scale, best verbal response, oriented, in the field [EMT or ambulance] Billable
- R40.2252 Coma scale, best verbal response, oriented, at arrival to emergency department Billable
- R40.2253 Coma scale, best verbal response, oriented, at hospital admission Billable
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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