Cerebral infarction
Non-billable header
I63 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- occlusion and stenosis of cerebral and precerebral arteries, resulting in cerebral infarction
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
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)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)
- chronic, without residual deficits (sequelae) (Z86.73)
- sequelae of cerebral infarction (I69.3-)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code to identify presence of:
- alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
- hypertension (I10-I1A)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)
- tobacco use (Z72.0)
- code, if applicable, to identify status post administration of tPA (rtPA) in a different facility within the last 24 hours prior to admission to current facility (Z92.82)
- code, if known, to indicate National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score (R29.7-)
Also known as
- Accident, cerebrovascular, embolic
- Accident, cerebrovascular, thrombotic
- Stroke, cerebrovascular, embolic
- Stroke, cerebrovascular, thrombolic
More specific codes I63
- I63.0Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of precerebral arteriesHeader
- I63.1Cerebral infarction due to embolism of precerebral arteriesHeader
- I63.2Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of precerebral arteriesHeader
- I63.3Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of cerebral arteriesHeader
- I63.4Cerebral infarction due to embolism of cerebral arteriesHeader
- I63.5Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of cerebral arteriesHeader
- I63.6Cerebral infarction due to cerebral venous thrombosis, nonpyogenicBillable
- I63.8Other cerebral infarctionHeader
- I63.9Cerebral infarction, unspecifiedBillable
Related codes
- I60Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhageHeader
- I61Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhageHeader
- I62Other and unspecified nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhageHeader
- I65Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarctionHeader
- I66Occlusion and stenosis of cerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarctionHeader
- I67Other cerebrovascular diseasesHeader
- I68Cerebrovascular disorders in diseases classified elsewhereHeader
- I69Sequelae of cerebrovascular diseaseHeader