I63.8
I63.8 — Other cerebral infarction
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I63.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other cerebral infarction. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
I63.8 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 I63.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I63. If I63.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
- I63.4Cerebral 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
- I63.9Cerebral infarction, unspecified
Questions about I63.8
- Is I63.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I63.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I63.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69).