I97.821

I97.821: Postprocedural cerebrovascular infarction following other surgery

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I97.821 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for postprocedural cerebrovascular infarction following other surgery. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check I97.821 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I97.821

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on I97: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of circulatory system, not elsewhere classified

postprocedural shock (T81.1-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

I97.821 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56631Billing and Coding: Thoracic Aortography and Carotid, Vertebral, and Subclavian Angiography
A56697Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
A56758Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
A57056Billing and Coding: Aortography and Peripheral Angiography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Stroke›postprocedural›following other surgery
Infarct, infarction›cerebral›postprocedural›following other surgery

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under I97.82

I97.820Postprocedural cerebrovascular infarction following cardiac surgery