Increased intracranial pressure

Definition

An increase in pressure within the skull caused by changes in the volumes of the intracranial components, such as brain matter, CSF and blood, or by the presence of a pathological mass entity.

4 subordinate codes

• 8D60.0Brain herniation syndromes
• 8D60.1Cerebral oedema
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified

Nearby in Disorders of cerebrospinal fluid pressure or flow

• 8D61Intracranial hypotension
• 8D62Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea
• 8D63Cerebrospinal fluid otorrhoea
• 8D64Hydrocephalus
• 8D65Cerebrospinal fluid fistula
• 8D66Syringomyelia or syringobulbia
• 8D67Intracranial arachnoid cyst
• 8D68Porencephalic cyst