I69.091 — Dysphagia following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
I69.091 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for dysphagia following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above I69.091
These are not written on I69.091, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing I69.091 with anything listed here is a denial.
Written on I69 — Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease
Other codes that can never be billed with I69.091
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at I69.091. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading I69.091 alone.
- Z86.73Personal history of transient ischemic attack (TIA), and cerebral infarction without residual deficits
Risk adjustment
I69.091 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.
Medicare coverage
I69.091 is named in 15 Medicare coverage policies — 15 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
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How I69.091 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to I69.091.
- Dysphagia›following›subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Sequelae›hemorrhage›subarachnoid›dysphagia
Code history
I69.091 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I69.09. If I69.091 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I69.091
- Is I69.091 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I69.091 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I69.091 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69).
- What cannot be coded together with I69.091?
- I69.091 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above I69.091 (I69) and apply to it just the same.