I67.7
I67.7: Cerebral arteritis, not elsewhere classified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
I67.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for cerebral arteritis, not elsewhere classified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check I67.7 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- allergic granulomatous angiitis (M30.1)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Granulomatous angiitis of the nervous system
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above I67.7
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I67.7
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with I67.7
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- I77.6Arteritis, unspecified
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
I67.7 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies: 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52992Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Cerebrovascular Arterial Studies
- A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
- A56631Billing and Coding: Thoracic Aortography and Carotid, Vertebral, and Subclavian Angiography
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Angiitis›nervous system, granulomatous
- Arteritis›brain
- Arteritis›cerebral
- Endarteritis›brain
- Endarteritis›cerebral or cerebrospinal
- Panarteritis nodosa›brain or cerebral
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under I67
- I67.0Dissection of cerebral arteries, nonruptured
- I67.1Cerebral aneurysm, nonruptured
- I67.2Cerebral atherosclerosis
- I67.3Progressive vascular leukoencephalopathy
- I67.4Hypertensive encephalopathy
- I67.5Moyamoya disease
- I67.6Nonpyogenic thrombosis of intracranial venous system
- I67.8Other specified cerebrovascular diseases
- I67.9Cerebrovascular disease, unspecified