I69.90 — Unspecified sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular disease
I69.90 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular disease. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
I69.90 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
I69.90 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 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 I69.90 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 I69.90.
- Sequelae›disease›cerebrovascular
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I69.9. If I69.90 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I69.91Cognitive deficits following unspecified cerebrovascular disease
- I69.92Speech and language deficits following unspecified cerebrovascular disease
- I69.93Monoplegia of upper limb following unspecified cerebrovascular disease
- I69.94Monoplegia of lower limb following unspecified cerebrovascular disease
- I69.95Hemiplegia and hemiparesis following unspecified cerebrovascular disease
- I69.96Other paralytic syndrome following unspecified cerebrovascular disease
- I69.99Other sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular disease
Questions about I69.90
- Is I69.90 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I69.90 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I69.90 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69).