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I63.419
Billable

Cerebral infarction due to embolism of unspecified middle cerebral artery

Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system

Billable Code

I63.419 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

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.

Includes

1 item

From I63:

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

Excludes1

1 item

From I63:

  • neonatal cerebral infarction (P91.82-)

Excludes2

12 items

From I00-I99:

  • 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.-)

From I63:

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

Use Additional Code

2 items

From I63:

  • 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-)
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