I69.398 — Other sequelae of cerebral infarction
I69.398 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other sequelae of cerebral infarction. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code to identify the sequelae
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Alteration of sensation following cerebral infarction
- Disturbance of vision following cerebral infarction
Risk adjustment
I69.398 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
I69.398 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies — 5 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 I69.398 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 I69.398.
- Cerebromalacia›sequelae of cerebrovascular disease
- Sequelae›stroke NOS›alteration in sensation
- Sequelae›stroke NOS›disturbance of vision
- Sequelae›stroke NOS›specified effect NEC
- Disturbance›vision, visual›following›cerebral infarction
- Sequelae›infarction›cerebral›alteration of sensation
- Sequelae›infarction›cerebral›disturbance of vision
- Sequelae›infarction›cerebral›specified effect NEC
- Alteration, Altered›sensation›following›cerebrovascular disease›cerebral infarction
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I69.39. If I69.398 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I69.398
- Is I69.398 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I69.398 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I69.398 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69).