I63.44
I63.44 — Cerebral infarction due to embolism of cerebellar artery
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I63.44 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cerebral infarction due to embolism of cerebellar artery. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
I63.44 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 I63.44
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I63.4. If I63.44 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
- I63.42Cerebral infarction due to embolism of anterior cerebral artery
- I63.43Cerebral infarction due to embolism of posterior cerebral artery
- I63.49Cerebral infarction due to embolism of other cerebral artery
Questions about I63.44
- Is I63.44 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I63.44 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I63.44 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69).