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ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

I63.8 Other cerebral infarction

Header codeNot billable: use one of the 2 billable codes below

About I63.8

Code
I63.8
Billable
No, header
Short description
Other cerebral infarction
Category
I63 Cerebral infarction
Block
I60-I69 Cerebrovascular diseases
Chapter
9 Diseases of the circulatory system
Code set
FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027

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Coding notes for I63.8

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.

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

Use additional code Add a second code for the detail named here.

  • 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-)
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.

  • 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)
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 I63.8 2

Related codes in I63

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