I65.2

I65.2: Occlusion and stenosis of carotid artery

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

I65.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for occlusion and stenosis of carotid artery. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above I65.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on I65: Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarction

insufficiency, NOS, of precerebral artery (G45.-)
insufficiency of precerebral arteries causing cerebral infarction (I63.0-I63.2)

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 I65.2

4 child codes. Green means billable.

I65.21Occlusion and stenosis of right carotid artery
I65.22Occlusion and stenosis of left carotid artery
I65.23Occlusion and stenosis of bilateral carotid arteries
I65.29Occlusion and stenosis of unspecified carotid artery

Other codes under I65

I65.0Occlusion and stenosis of vertebral artery
I65.1Occlusion and stenosis of basilar artery
I65.8Occlusion and stenosis of other precerebral arteries
I65.9Occlusion and stenosis of unspecified precerebral artery