R40.2422
Glasgow coma scale score 9-12, at arrival to emergency department
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 9 never code together
R40code
R40-R46block
Excludes2
- symptoms and signs constituting part of a pattern of mental disorder (F01-F99)F01-F99
R00-R99chapter
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
7th character 5
0 unspecified time
1 in the field [EMT or ambulance]
2 at arrival to emergency department this code
3 at hospital admission
4 24 hours or more after hospital admission
Instructional notes 13
R40.2code
Notes
- One code from each subcategory, R40.21-R40.23, is required to complete the coma scaleR40.21-R40.23
R00-R99chapter
Notes
- This chapter includes symptoms, signs, abnormal results of clinical or other investigative procedures, and ill-defined conditions regarding which no diagnosis classifiable elsewhere is recorded.
- Signs and symptoms that point rather definitely to a given diagnosis have been assigned to a category in other chapters of the classification. In general, categories in this chapter include the less well-defined conditions and symptoms that, without the necessary study of the case to establish a final diagnosis, point perhaps equally to two or more diseases or to two or more systems of the body. Practically all categories in the chapter could be designated 'not otherwise specified', 'unknown etiology' or 'transient'. The Alphabetical Index should be consulted to determine which symptoms and signs are to be allocated here and which to other chapters. The residual subcategories, numbered .8, are generally provided for other relevant symptoms that cannot be allocated elsewhere in the classification.
- The conditions and signs or symptoms included in categories R00-R94 consist of:R00-R94
- (a) cases for which no more specific diagnosis can be made even after all the facts bearing on the case have been investigated;
- (b) signs or symptoms existing at the time of initial encounter that proved to be transient and whose causes could not be determined;
- (c) provisional diagnosis in a patient who failed to return for further investigation or care;
- (d) cases referred elsewhere for investigation or treatment before the diagnosis was made;
- (e) cases in which a more precise diagnosis was not available for any other reason;
- (f) certain symptoms, for which supplementary information is provided, that represent important problems in medical care in their own right.
Index entries leading here 1 filed at R40.242
The index files this at R40.242. The tabular
extends it — laterality, staging, or the 7th character — so these entries
lead to the family rather than to R40.2422 exactly.
- Glasgow coma scale
- total score
- 9-12 R40.242
- total score
Alongside this code 4 same parent — R40.242
Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required
Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.