I69.99
I69.99 — Other sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular disease
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I69.99 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular disease. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
I69.99 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.
Code to one of these instead I69.99
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- I69.990Apraxia following unspecified cerebrovascular disease
- I69.991Dysphagia following unspecified cerebrovascular disease
- I69.992Facial weakness following unspecified cerebrovascular disease
- I69.993Ataxia following unspecified cerebrovascular disease
- I69.998Other sequelae following unspecified cerebrovascular disease
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I69.9. If I69.99 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I69.90Unspecified sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular disease
- 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
Questions about I69.99
- Is I69.99 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I69.99 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I69.99 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69).