I60.7: Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from unspecified intracranial artery
I60.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from unspecified intracranial artery. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check I60.7 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- berry aneurysm, nonruptured (I67.1)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Ruptured (congenital) berry aneurysm
- Ruptured (congenital) cerebral aneurysm
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage (nontraumatic) from cerebral artery NOS
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage (nontraumatic) from communicating artery NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above I60.7
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I60.7
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with I60.7
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
I60.7 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
I60.7 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies: 10 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52868Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- A56631Billing and Coding: Thoracic Aortography and Carotid, Vertebral, and Subclavian Angiography
- A56722Billing and Coding: Intraoperative Neurophysiological Testing
- A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Aneurysm›berry›ruptured
- Aneurysm›brain›berry›ruptured
- Aneurysm›brain›congenital›ruptured
- Aneurysm›brain›miliary›ruptured
- Aneurysm›congenital›brain›ruptured
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›intracranial›subarachnoid›intracranial artery(cerebral)
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›intracranial›subarachnoid›intracranial artery›communicating
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under I60
- I60.0Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from carotid siphon and bifurcation
- I60.1Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from middle cerebral artery
- I60.2Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from anterior communicating artery
- I60.3Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from posterior communicating artery
- I60.4Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from basilar artery
- I60.5Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from vertebral artery
- I60.6Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from other intracranial arteries
- I60.8Other nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
- I60.9Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, unspecified