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ICD-10-CM Code I66
Occlusion and stenosis of cerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarction

NON-BILLABLE
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-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code I66 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the six child codes of I66 that describes the diagnosis 'occls and stenosis of cereb art, not rslt in cerebral infrc' in more detail.


The ICD code I66 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

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Coding Notes for I66 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section.
Embolism of cerebral artery
Narrowing of cerebral artery
Obstruction (complete) (partial) of cerebral artery
Thrombosis of cerebral artery
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."
Occlusion and stenosis of cerebral artery causing cerebral infarction (I63.3-I63.5) - instead, use code I63.3-

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'I66 - Occlusion and stenosis of cerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarction'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code I66. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.


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