I69.04
I69.04 — Monoplegia of lower limb following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I69.04 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for monoplegia of lower limb following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with I69.04
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at I69.04. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading I69.04 alone.
Risk adjustment
I69.04 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 I69.04
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- I69.041Monoplegia of lower limb following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage affecting right dominant side
- I69.042Monoplegia of lower limb following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage affecting left dominant side
- I69.043Monoplegia of lower limb following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage affecting right non-dominant side
- I69.044Monoplegia of lower limb following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage affecting left non-dominant side
- I69.049Monoplegia of lower limb following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage affecting unspecified side
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I69.0. If I69.04 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I69.00Unspecified sequelae of nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
- I69.01Cognitive deficits following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
- I69.02Speech and language deficits following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
- I69.03Monoplegia of upper limb following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
- I69.05Hemiplegia and hemiparesis following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
- I69.06Other paralytic syndrome following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
- I69.09Other sequelae of nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
Questions about I69.04
- Is I69.04 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I69.04 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I69.04 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69).