I60.9: Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, unspecified
I60.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check I60.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above I60.9
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I60.9
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
I60.9 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
I60.9 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52868Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
- A56631Billing and Coding: Thoracic Aortography and Carotid, Vertebral, and Subclavian Angiography
- A56722Billing and Coding: Intraoperative Neurophysiological Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›intracranial›subarachnoid(nontraumatic) (from)
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
- I60.7Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from unspecified intracranial artery
- I60.8Other nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage