TABLE 1:

Distribution of lesions correctly coded as cerebrovascular anomalies*

Lesionn (%)
Brain AVM464 (65.7)
Cavernous malformation94 (13.3)
Unruptured cerebral aneurysm71 (10.1)
Dural AVM (arteriovenous fistula)55 (7.8)
Venous malformation15 (2.1)
Other7 (1.0)
Total706 (100)
  • * Distribution of lesions correctly coded with the ICD-9 diagnosis of 747.81, “anomalies of cerebrovascular system.”

  • Including vein of Galen malformation (n = 3), Sturge-Weber syndrome (n = 1), anomalous venous drainage (n = 1), venous varix (n = 1), and von Hippel-Lindau disease (n = 1).