797 SENILITY W/O PSYCHOSIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 797

Short Description: Senility w/o psychosis

Long Description: Senility without mention of psychosis

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Ill-defined and unknown causes of morbidity and mortality (797-799)
      • 797 Senility without mention of psychosis
        • 797 Senility w/o psychosis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 797 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Age (old) (see also Senile) 797
  • Asthenia, asthenic 780.79
    • senile 797
  • Atrophia - see also Atrophy
    • senilis 797
      • dermatological 701.8
  • Atrophy, atrophic
    • old age 797
    • senile 797
      • degenerative, of skin 701.3
  • Cachexia 799.4
    • old age 797
    • senile 797
  • Change(s) (of) - see also Removal of
    • senile (see also Senility) 797
  • Debility (general) (infantile) (postinfectional) 799.3
    • old age 797
    • senile 797
  • Decay
    • senile 797
  • Degeneration, degenerative
    • senile 797
      • brain 331.2
      • cardiac, heart, or myocardium (see also Degeneration, myocardial) 429.1
      • motor centers 331.2
      • reticule 362.64
      • retina, cystic 362.50
      • vascular - see Arteriosclerosis
  • Deterioration
    • senile (simple) 797
      • transplanted organ - see Complications, transplant, organ, by site
  • Dysfunction
    • senile 797
  • Exhaustion, exhaustive (physical NEC) 780.79
    • old age 797
    • senile 797
      • dementia 290.0
  • Failure, failed
    • heart (acute) (sudden) 428.9
      • senile 797
    • senile (general) 797
      • with psychosis 290.20
  • Fatigue 780.79
    • senile 797
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic
    • senile 797
  • Frailty 797
  • Infirmity 799.89
    • senile 797
  • Marasmus 261
    • senile 797
  • Old age 797
    • dementia (of) 290.0
  • Presbycardia 797
    • hypertensive (see also Hypertension, heart) 402.90
  • Prostration 780.79
    • senile 797
  • Senectus 797
  • Senescence 797
  • Senile (see also condition) 797
    • cervix (atrophic) 622.8
    • degenerative atrophy, skin 701.3
    • endometrium (atrophic) 621.8
    • fallopian tube (atrophic) 620.3
    • heart (failure) 797
    • lung 492.8
    • ovary (atrophic) 620.3
    • syndrome 259.8
    • vagina, vaginitis (atrophic) 627.3
    • wart 702.0
  • Senility 797
    • with
      • acute confusional state 290.3
      • delirium 290.3
      • mental changes 290.9
      • psychosis NEC (see also Psychosis, senile) 290.20
    • premature (syndrome) 259.8
  • Tremor 781.0
    • senilis 797
  • Weak, weakness (generalized) 780.79
    • senile 797

Crosswalk Information

The code 797 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
797 Right Arrow R41.81 Age-related cognitive decline
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

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