I63.4Non-billable
Cerebral infarction due to embolism of cerebral arteries
Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system
Coding Guidance
I63.4 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for cerebral ischemia
cerebral ischemia
View TemplatesCerebral Ischemia
View documentation for embolic stroke
embolic stroke
View TemplatesCerebral infarction due to embolism
View documentation for stroke affecting bulbar
stroke affecting bulbar
View TemplatesCerebral Infarction of Brainstem
View documentation for thalamic stroke
thalamic stroke
View TemplatesThalamic Stroke
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Includes
1 item
Includes
From I63:
- •occlusion and stenosis of cerebral and precerebral arteries, resulting in cerebral infarction
Excludes2
12 items
Excludes2
From I00-I99:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •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.-)