I63.34
I63.34 — Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of cerebellar artery
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I63.34 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of cerebellar artery. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
I63.34 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 I63.34
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I63.3. If I63.34 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I63.30Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of unspecified cerebral artery
- I63.31Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of middle cerebral artery
- I63.32Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of anterior cerebral artery
- I63.33Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of posterior cerebral artery
- I63.39Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of other cerebral artery
Questions about I63.34
- Is I63.34 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I63.34 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I63.34 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69).