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I63

Non-Billable (Header)

Cerebral infarction

Includes

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

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • neonatal cerebral infarction (P91.82-)

Excludes 2 — Not included here, may code separately

  • chronic, without residual deficits (sequelae) (Z86.73)
  • sequelae of cerebral infarction (I69.3-)

Use Additional Code

  • 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-)

Child Codes

I63.0Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of precerebral arteries
I63.1Cerebral infarction due to embolism of precerebral arteries
I63.2Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of precerebral arteries
I63.3Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of cerebral arteries
I63.4Cerebral infarction due to embolism of cerebral arteries
I63.5Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of cerebral arteries
I63.6Cerebral infarction due to cerebral venous thrombosis, nonpyogenic
HCC 249
I63.8Other cerebral infarction
I63.9Cerebral infarction, unspecified
HCC 249

Code Hierarchy

└I63Cerebral infarction
└I63Cerebral infarction

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