Vascular syndromes of brain in cerebrovascular diseases
Non-billable header
G46 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Code first
Sequence the underlying condition first.
More specific codes G46
- G46.0Middle cerebral artery syndromeBillable
- G46.1Anterior cerebral artery syndromeBillable
- G46.2Posterior cerebral artery syndromeBillable
- G46.3Brain stem stroke syndromeBillable
- G46.4Cerebellar stroke syndromeBillable
- G46.5Pure motor lacunar syndromeBillable
- G46.6Pure sensory lacunar syndromeBillable
- G46.7Other lacunar syndromesBillable
- G46.8Other vascular syndromes of brain in cerebrovascular diseasesBillable