I67.2

Cerebral atherosclerosis

Billable / specific

I67.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Atheroma of cerebral and precerebral arteries

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (S06.-) (from I67)
  • Occlusion and stenosis of cerebral artery causing cerebral infarction (I63.3-I63.5-) (from I67)
  • Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral artery causing cerebral infarction (I63.2-) (from I67)

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from I67)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from I67)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from I67)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from I67)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from I67)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from I67)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from I67)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from I67)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from I67)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-) (from I67)
  • sequelae of the listed conditions (I69.8) (from I67)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify presence of: (from I67)
  • alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-) (from I67)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from I67)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from I67)
  • hypertension (I10-I1A) (from I67)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from I67)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from I67)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0) (from I67)

Also known as

  • Atheroma of cerebral and precerebral arteries
  • Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic, brain
  • Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic, central nervous system
  • Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic, cerebral
  • Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic, cerebrovascular
  • Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic, vertebral
  • Atheroma, atheromatous, basilar
  • Atheroma, atheromatous, carotid
  • Atheroma, atheromatous, cerebral
  • Atheroma, atheromatous, vertebral
  • Calcification, cerebral, artery
  • Degeneration, degenerative, brain, arteriosclerotic
  • Degeneration, degenerative, cortical, diffuse, due to arteriopathy
  • Disease, diseased, brain, arteriosclerotic
  • Disease, diseased, brain, organic, arteriosclerotic
  • Disease, diseased, cerebrovascular, arteriosclerotic

Parent code

  • I67Other cerebrovascular diseasesHeader

Related codes

  • I67.0Dissection of cerebral arteries, nonrupturedBillable
  • I67.1Cerebral aneurysm, nonrupturedBillable
  • I67.3Progressive vascular leukoencephalopathyBillable
  • I67.4Hypertensive encephalopathyBillable
  • I67.5Moyamoya diseaseBillable
  • I67.6Nonpyogenic thrombosis of intracranial venous systemBillable
  • I67.7Cerebral arteritis, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
  • I67.8Other specified cerebrovascular diseasesHeader
  • I67.9Cerebrovascular disease, unspecifiedBillable

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