A81.01
BillableVariant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
A81.01 is the ICD-10-CM code for Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. It is a billable, specific code valid for reimbursement.
A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
What this means — in plain language
MedlinePlus · NIHCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, degenerative brain disorder . Symptoms usually start around age 60. Memory problems, behavior changes, vision problems, and poor muscle coordination progress quickly to dementia , coma, and death. Most patients die within a year. The three main categories of CJD are : Sporadic CJD, which occurs for no known reason Hereditary CJD, which runs in families Acquired CJD, which…
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Includes
- •vCJD
Conditions mapped to this code
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