I63.4
I63.4: Cerebral infarction due to embolism of cerebral arteries
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I63.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cerebral infarction due to embolism of cerebral arteries. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above I63.4
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I63.4
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with I63.4
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- P91.82Neonatal cerebral infarction
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead I63.4
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- I63.40Cerebral infarction due to embolism of unspecified cerebral artery
- I63.41Cerebral infarction due to embolism of middle cerebral artery
- I63.42Cerebral infarction due to embolism of anterior cerebral artery
- I63.43Cerebral infarction due to embolism of posterior cerebral artery
- I63.44Cerebral infarction due to embolism of cerebellar artery
- I63.49Cerebral infarction due to embolism of other cerebral artery
Other codes under I63
- I63.0Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of precerebral arteries
- 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
- I63.5Cerebral 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