I69.959 — Hemiplegia and hemiparesis following unspecified cerebrovascular disease affecting unspecified side
I69.959 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hemiplegia and hemiparesis following unspecified cerebrovascular disease affecting unspecified side. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
I69.959 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.
How I69.959 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 I69.959.
- Hemiplegia›following›cerebrovascular disease
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I69.95. If I69.959 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I69.951Hemiplegia and hemiparesis following unspecified cerebrovascular disease affecting right dominant side
- I69.952Hemiplegia and hemiparesis following unspecified cerebrovascular disease affecting left dominant side
- I69.953Hemiplegia and hemiparesis following unspecified cerebrovascular disease affecting right non-dominant side
- I69.954Hemiplegia and hemiparesis following unspecified cerebrovascular disease affecting left non-dominant side
Questions about I69.959
- Is I69.959 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I69.959 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I69.959 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69).