ICD-10-CM Code I68
Cerebrovascular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
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 I68 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of I68 that describes the diagnosis 'cerebrovascular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere' in more detail.
The ICD code I68 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
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'I68 - Cerebrovascular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere'
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