I63.4

Cerebral infarction due to embolism of cerebral arteries

Non-billable header

I63.4 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from I63)

  • occlusion and stenosis of cerebral and precerebral arteries, resulting in cerebral infarction

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (S06.-) (from I63)
  • neonatal cerebral infarction (P91.82-) (from I63)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from I63)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from I63)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from I63)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from I63)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from I63)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from I63)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from I63)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from I63)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from I63)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-) (from I63)
  • chronic, without residual deficits (sequelae) (Z86.73) (from I63)
  • sequelae of cerebral infarction (I69.3-) (from I63)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify presence of: (from I63)
  • alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-) (from I63)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from I63)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from I63)
  • hypertension (I10-I1A) (from I63)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from I63)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from I63)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0) (from I63)
  • 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) (from I63)
  • code, if known, to indicate National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score (R29.7-) (from I63)

Also known as

  • Disease, diseased, cerebrovascular, acute, embolic
  • Hemiplegia, embolic
  • Monoplegia, embolic
  • Paralysis, paralytic, embolic
  • Quadriplegia, embolic
  • Softening, brain, embolic

Parent code

  • I63Cerebral infarctionHeader

More specific codes I63.4

  • I63.40Cerebral infarction due to embolism of unspecified cerebral arteryBillable
  • I63.41Cerebral infarction due to embolism of middle cerebral arteryHeader
  • I63.42Cerebral infarction due to embolism of anterior cerebral arteryHeader
  • I63.43Cerebral infarction due to embolism of posterior cerebral arteryHeader
  • I63.44Cerebral infarction due to embolism of cerebellar arteryHeader
  • I63.49Cerebral infarction due to embolism of other cerebral arteryBillable

Related codes

  • 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
  • I63.5Cerebral 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

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