I63.42
I63.42 — Cerebral infarction due to embolism of anterior cerebral artery
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I63.42 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cerebral infarction due to embolism of anterior cerebral artery. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
I63.42 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 I63.42
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- I63.421Cerebral infarction due to embolism of right anterior cerebral artery
- I63.422Cerebral infarction due to embolism of left anterior cerebral artery
- I63.423Cerebral infarction due to embolism of bilateral anterior cerebral arteries
- I63.429Cerebral infarction due to embolism of unspecified anterior cerebral artery
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I63.4. If I63.42 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I63.40Cerebral infarction due to embolism of unspecified cerebral artery
- I63.41Cerebral infarction due to embolism of middle 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
Questions about I63.42
- Is I63.42 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I63.42 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I63.42 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69).