I69.392
I69.392: Facial weakness following cerebral infarction
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
I69.392 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for facial weakness following cerebral infarction. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check I69.392 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Facial droop following cerebral infarction
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above I69.392
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on I69: Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease
Other codes that can never be billed with I69.392
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- Z86.73Personal history of transient ischemic attack (TIA), and cerebral infarction without residual deficits
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
I69.392 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
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Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Sequelae›stroke NOS›facial droop
- Sequelae›stroke NOS›facial weakness
- Droop›facial›cerebrovascular disease›cerebral infarction
- Sequelae›infarction›cerebral›facial droop
- Sequelae›infarction›cerebral›facial weakness
- Weak, weakening, weakness›facial›following›cerebrovascular disease›cerebral infarction
- Weak, weakening, weakness›facial›following›cerebrovascular disease›stroke
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.