I61.0 — Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, subcortical
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.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Deep intracerebral hemorrhage (nontraumatic)
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.
Medicare coverage
I61.0 is named in 24 Medicare coverage policies — 24 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52992Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Cerebrovascular Arterial Studies
- A52992Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Cerebrovascular Arterial Studies
- A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
How I61.0 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to I61.0.
- 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)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I61. If I61.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I61.1Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, cortical
- I61.2Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, unspecified
- I61.3Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in brain stem
- I61.4Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in cerebellum
- I61.5Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, intraventricular
- I61.6Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, multiple localized
- I61.8Other nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage
- I61.9Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, unspecified
Questions about I61.0
- Is I61.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I61.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I61.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69).