ICD-10-CM Code I65
Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarction
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code I65 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the five child codes of I65 that describes the diagnosis 'occls and stenosis of precerb art, not rslt in cereb infrc' in more detail.
- I65 Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarction NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code I65 is used to code Cerebrovascular disease
Cerebrovascular disease, stroke or cerebrovascular accident, is a vascular disease of the cerebral circulation. Arteries supplying oxygen to the brain are affected resulting in one of a number of cerebrovascular diseases. Most commonly this is a stroke or mini-stroke and sometimes can be a hemorrhagic stroke. Any of these can result in vascular dementia.
Cerebral angiogram of a carotid-cavernous fistula
Coding Notes for I65 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section. - Embolism of precerebral artery
- Narrowing of precerebral artery
- Obstruction (complete) (partial) of precerebral artery
- Thrombosis of precerebral artery
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Insufficiency, NOS, of precerebral artery - instead, use code G45.-
- Insufficiency of precerebral arteries causing cerebral infarction (I63.0-I63.2) - instead, use code I63.0-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'I65 - Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarction'
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