Stroke ICD-10-CM Codes

Cerebral infarction

The ischemic stroke categories; the subcode names the vessel and mechanism.

• I63Cerebral infarction
  ICD-10-CMCategoryNot billableExact title match
  Official instructionsExcludes1 2Excludes2 2Use Additional Code 8
  Why this matched

  • The official ICD-10-CM title is the searched wording.

  116 codes below, 91 billable

  • I63.0Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of precerebral arteriesNot billable
  • I63.1Cerebral infarction due to embolism of precerebral arteriesNot billable
  • I63.2Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of precerebral arteriesNot billable
  • I63.3Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of cerebral arteriesNot billable

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• I63.9Cerebral infarction, unspecified
  ICD-10-CMBillableOfficial index term
  Official instructionsExcludes2 1
  Why this matched

  • Matched through the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index.
  • Official term: “Infarct, infarction, cerebral”

Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage

• I61Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage
  ICD-10-CMCategoryNot billableExact title match
  Official instructionsExcludes1 1Excludes2 1Use Additional Code 7
  Why this matched

  • The official ICD-10-CM title is the searched wording.

  9 codes below, all billable

  • I61.0Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, subcorticalBillable
  • I61.1Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, corticalBillable
  • I61.2Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, unspecifiedBillable
  • I61.3Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in brain stemBillable

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• I61.9Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, unspecified
  ICD-10-CMBillableOfficial index term
  Why this matched

  • Matched through the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index.
  • Official term: “Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic, intracranial, intracerebral”

Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

• I60Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
  ICD-10-CMCategoryNot billableExact title match
  Official instructionsExcludes1 2Excludes2 1Use Additional Code 7
  Why this matched

  • The official ICD-10-CM title is the searched wording.

  22 codes below, 18 billable

  • I60.0Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from carotid siphon and bifurcationNot billable
  • I60.1Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from middle cerebral arteryNot billable
  • I60.2Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from anterior communicating arteryBillable
  • I60.3Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from posterior communicating arteryNot billable

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• I60.9Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, unspecified
  ICD-10-CMBillableOfficial index term
  Why this matched

  • Matched through the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index.
  • Official term: “Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic, intracranial, subarachnoid”

Transient cerebral ischemic attack

• G45.9Transient cerebral ischemic attack, unspecified
  ICD-10-CMBillableOfficial index term
  Why this matched

  • Matched through the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index.
  • Official term: “Attack, attacks, transient ischemic”
• G45Transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes
  ICD-10-CMCategoryNot billableOfficial tabular terminology
  Official instructionsExcludes1 2
  Why this matched

  • Matched through official tabular terminology.

Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease

Used for deficits that remain after the acute event, not for the event itself.

• I69Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease
  ICD-10-CMCategoryNot billableExact title match
  Official instructionsExcludes1 2Use Additional Code 6
  Why this matched

  • The official ICD-10-CM title is the searched wording.
• I69.398Other sequelae of cerebral infarction
  ICD-10-CMBillableOfficial index term
  Why this matched

  • Matched through the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index.
  • Official term: “Cerebromalacia, sequelae of cerebrovascular disease”
• I69.30Unspecified sequelae of cerebral infarction
  ICD-10-CMBillableHierarchy match
  Why this matched

  • Related through the ICD-10-CM tabular hierarchy.
  • Sits under I69 in the tabular.

Personal history of transient ischemic attack (TIA), and cerebral infarction without residual deficits

A status code, reported when no deficit remains. Not an alternative to an acute infarction code.

• Z86.73Personal history of transient ischemic attack (TIA), and cerebral infarction without residual deficits
  ICD-10-CMBillableExact title match
  Official instructionsExcludes1 2
  Why this matched

  • The official ICD-10-CM title is the searched wording.