I63.0
I63.0 — Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of precerebral arteries
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I63.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of precerebral arteries. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with I63.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at I63.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading I63.0 alone.
- I65Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarction
Risk adjustment
I63.0 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead I63.0
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- I63.00Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of unspecified precerebral artery
- I63.01Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of vertebral artery
- I63.02Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of basilar artery
- I63.03Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of carotid artery
- I63.09Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of other precerebral artery
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I63. If I63.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I63.1Cerebral infarction due to embolism of precerebral arteries
- I63.2Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of precerebral arteries
- I63.3Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of cerebral arteries
- I63.4Cerebral infarction due to embolism of cerebral arteries
- I63.5Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of cerebral arteries
- I63.6Cerebral infarction due to cerebral venous thrombosis, nonpyogenic
- I63.8Other cerebral infarction
- I63.9Cerebral infarction, unspecified
Questions about I63.0
- Is I63.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I63.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I63.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69).