I69.923

I69.923: Fluency disorder following unspecified cerebrovascular disease

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

I69.923 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for fluency disorder following unspecified cerebrovascular disease. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check I69.923 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Stuttering following unspecified cerebrovascular disease

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above I69.923

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on I69.9: Sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular diseases

sequelae of stroke (I69.3)
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 I69.923

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

I69.923 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A53052Billing and Coding: Home Health Speech-Language Pathology
A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
A56868Billing and Coding: Outpatient Speech Language Pathology