ICD-10-CM Code I66.0
Occlusion and stenosis of middle cerebral artery
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 I66.0 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of I66.0 that describes the diagnosis 'occlusion and stenosis of middle cerebral artery' 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
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Thrombosis of middle cerebral artery (disorder)
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'I66.0 - Occlusion and stenosis of middle cerebral artery'
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Parent Code: I66 - Occlusion and stenosis of cerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarction