ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
I69.961 Other paralytic syndrome following unspecified cerebrovascular disease affecting right dominant side
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Coding notes for I69.961
No notes of its own; the notes below apply from the codes above it.
Also applies, from I69.96 Other paralytic syndrome following unspecified cerebrovascular disease
Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).
Use additional code Add a second code for the detail named here.
Also applies, from I69.9 Sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular diseases
Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).
Also applies, from I69 Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease
Note
Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).
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.-)
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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.-)
Related codes in I69.96
- I69.962 Other paralytic syndrome following unspecified cerebrovascular disease affecting left dominant sideBillable
- I69.963 Other paralytic syndrome following unspecified cerebrovascular disease affecting right non-dominant sideBillable
- I69.964 Other paralytic syndrome following unspecified cerebrovascular disease affecting left non-dominant sideBillable
- I69.965 Other paralytic syndrome following unspecified cerebrovascular disease, bilateralBillable
- I69.969 Other paralytic syndrome following unspecified cerebrovascular disease affecting unspecified sideBillable
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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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