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I63.512
Billable

Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of left middle cerebral artery

Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system

Billable Code

I63.512 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

View documentation for acute ischemic left mca stroke
acute ischemic left mca stroke
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Acute Ischemic Stroke of the Left Middle Cerebral Artery

View documentation for left mca stroke
left mca stroke
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Cerebral Infarction due to Thrombosis or Embolism of Left Middle Cerebral Artery

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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