I60.10: Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from unspecified middle cerebral artery
I60.10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from unspecified middle cerebral artery. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check I60.10 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above I60.10
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I60.10
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
I60.10 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 248 Intracranial Hemorrhage0.239 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
I60.10 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52868Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- A56722Billing and Coding: Intraoperative Neurophysiological Testing
- A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.