I69.893 — Ataxia following other cerebrovascular disease
I69.893 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for ataxia following other cerebrovascular disease. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
I69.893 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
I69.893 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies — 9 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 I69.893 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 I69.893.
- Ataxia, ataxy, ataxic›following›cerebrovascular disease›specified disease NEC
- Sequelae›disease›cerebrovascular›specified type NEC›ataxia
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I69.89. If I69.893 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I69.893
- Is I69.893 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I69.893 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I69.893 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69).