I61.0

I61.0: Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, subcortical

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I61.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, subcortical. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Deep intracerebral hemorrhage (nontraumatic)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I61.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on I61: Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage

sequelae of intracerebral hemorrhage (I69.1-)

Risk adjustment

I61.0 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

I61.0 is named in 23 Medicare coverage policies: 23 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52992Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Cerebrovascular Arterial Studies
A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
A56631Billing and Coding: Thoracic Aortography and Carotid, Vertebral, and Subclavian Angiography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›basilar(ganglion)
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›lenticular striate artery
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›subcortical(brain)
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›internal NEC›capsule
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›intracranial›intracerebral›hemisphere›subcortical(deep)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.