A lumbar puncture is done to: Find a cause for symptoms possibly caused by an infection (such as meningitis), inflammation, cancer, or bleeding in the area around the brain or spinal cord (such as subarachnoid hemorrhage).
Other chorea. 2016 2017 Billable/Specific Code. G25.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G25.5. Other international versions of ICD-10 G25.5 may differ.
Chorea is a major manifestation of acute RF and is the only evidence of RF in approximately 20% of cases. 1  In some outbreaks, chorea has been present in more than 30% of patients with acute RF. 2  The female-to-male ratio is approximately 2:1, and most patients present between 5-15 years of age.