A: The only codes for intraventricular hemorrhage are located within the cerebrum chapter of the dictionary and are listed on page 48 of your dictionary, but the answer will depend upon whether the patient is unconscious. As you can see there are 3 separate codes and if you patient was unconscious for > than 6 hours you would use the code 140677.4. Remember though you can only apply this coma modifier one time when you are coding your injuries. This will change in the 2015 dictionary and you will code the coma with each injury. We have no code for the obstructive hydrocephalus which is a consequence of the hemorrhage, and a sequela that cannot be coded.
