I69.992
I69.992: Facial weakness following unspecified cerebrovascular disease
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
I69.992 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for facial weakness following unspecified cerebrovascular disease. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check I69.992 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Facial droop following unspecified cerebrovascular disease
Other codes that can never be billed with I69.992
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
I69.992 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
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Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Droop›facial›cerebrovascular disease
- Sequelae›disease›cerebrovascular›facial droop
- Sequelae›disease›cerebrovascular›facial weakness
- Weak, weakening, weakness›facial›following›cerebrovascular disease
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.