ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
I63.4 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of cerebral arteries
Header codeNot billable: use one of the 18 billable codes below
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Coding notes for I63.4
No notes of its own; the notes below apply from the codes above it.
Also applies, from I63 Cerebral infarction
Includes Conditions this code covers.
- occlusion and stenosis of cerebral and precerebral arteries, resulting in cerebral infarction
Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).
- neonatal cerebral infarction (P91.82-)
Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.
Use additional code Add a second code for the detail named here.
Block I60-I69 notes (apply to every code in it)
Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).
- traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (S06.-)
Use additional code Add a second code for the detail named here.
Chapter 9 notes (apply to every code in it)
Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.
- 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.-)
Codes under I63.4 22
- I63.40 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of unspecified cerebral arteryBillable
- I63.41 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of middle cerebral arteryHeader
- I63.411 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of right middle cerebral arteryBillable
- I63.412 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of left middle cerebral arteryBillable
- I63.413 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of bilateral middle cerebral arteriesBillable
- I63.419 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of unspecified middle cerebral arteryBillable
- I63.42 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of anterior cerebral arteryHeader
- I63.421 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of right anterior cerebral arteryBillable
- I63.422 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of left anterior cerebral arteryBillable
- I63.423 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of bilateral anterior cerebral arteriesBillable
- I63.429 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of unspecified anterior cerebral arteryBillable
- I63.43 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of posterior cerebral arteryHeader
- I63.431 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of right posterior cerebral arteryBillable
- I63.432 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of left posterior cerebral arteryBillable
- I63.433 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of bilateral posterior cerebral arteriesBillable
- I63.439 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of unspecified posterior cerebral arteryBillable
- I63.44 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of cerebellar arteryHeader
- I63.441 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of right cerebellar arteryBillable
- I63.442 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of left cerebellar arteryBillable
- I63.443 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of bilateral cerebellar arteriesBillable
- I63.449 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of unspecified cerebellar arteryBillable
- I63.49 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of other cerebral arteryBillable
Related codes in I63
- I63.0 Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of precerebral arteriesHeader
- I63.1 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of precerebral arteriesHeader
- I63.2 Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of precerebral arteriesHeader
- I63.3 Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of cerebral arteriesHeader
- I63.5 Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of cerebral arteriesHeader
- I63.6 Cerebral infarction due to cerebral venous thrombosis, nonpyogenicBillable
- I63.8 Other cerebral infarctionHeader
- I63.9 Cerebral infarction, unspecifiedBillable
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See 2MM+ plansICD-10-CM FY2027 code set, as published by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and CMS, effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. Codes, titles and notes are shown as published. Check payer rules and the official guidelines before billing. This page is not medical advice.
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