I61.9
I61.9: Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
I61.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check I61.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
I61.9 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
I61.9 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies: 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52992Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Cerebrovascular Arterial Studies
- 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›intracerebral(nontraumatic) (in)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under I61
- I61.0Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, subcortical
- 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