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I69.859

I69.859: Hemiplegia and hemiparesis following other cerebrovascular disease affecting unspecified side

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exemptunspecified

I69.859 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hemiplegia and hemiparesis following other cerebrovascular disease affecting unspecified side. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above I69.859

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on I69.8: Sequelae of other cerebrovascular diseases

  • sequelae of traumatic intracranial injury (S06.-)

Written on I69: Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease

  • personal history of cerebral infarction without residual deficit (Z86.73)
  • personal history of prolonged reversible ischemic neurologic deficit (PRIND) (Z86.73)
  • personal history of reversible ischemic neurologcial deficit (RIND) (Z86.73)
  • sequelae of traumatic intracranial injury (S06.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with I69.859

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

I69.859 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

  • HCC 253 Hemiplegia/Hemiparesis0.387 RAF

Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under I69.85

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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