I63.1
I63.1 — Cerebral infarction due to embolism of precerebral arteries
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I63.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cerebral infarction due to embolism of precerebral arteries. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
I63.1 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 I63.1
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- I63.10Cerebral infarction due to embolism of unspecified precerebral artery
- I63.11Cerebral infarction due to embolism of vertebral artery
- I63.12Cerebral infarction due to embolism of basilar artery
- I63.13Cerebral infarction due to embolism of carotid artery
- I63.19Cerebral infarction due to embolism of other precerebral artery
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I63. If I63.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I63.0Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis 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 I63.1
- Is I63.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I63.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I63.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69).