I63.9
BillableCerebral infarction, unspecified
Cerebral infarction, unspecified
Coding Notes
Inclusion Terms
Alternative clinical terms for this condition
- Stroke NOS
Includes
Conditions included under this code
- occlusion and stenosis of cerebral and precerebral arteries, resulting in cerebral infarction
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal periodP04-P96
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseasesA00-B99
- •complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumO9A)O00
- •congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalitiesQ00-Q99
- •endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseasesE00-E88
- •injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesS00-T88
- •neoplasmsC00-D49
- •symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classifiedR00-R94
- •systemic connective tissue disordersM30-M36
- •transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromesG45
- •chronic, without residual deficits (sequelae)Z86.73
- •sequelae of cerebral infarctionI69.3
Use Additional Code
Additional codes that should follow this code
- code to identify presence of:
- •alcohol abuse and dependenceF10
- •exposure to environmental tobacco smokeZ77.22
- •history of tobacco dependenceZ87.891
- •hypertensionI1A)I10
- •occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smokeZ57.31
- •tobacco dependenceF17
- •tobacco useZ72.0
- •code, if applicable, to identify status post administration of tPA (rtPA) in a different facility within the last 24 hours prior to admission to current facilityZ92.82
Related Codes(8)
I63.0Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of precerb arteries
I63.1Cerebral infarction due to embolism of precerebral arteries
I63.2Cerebral infrc due to unsp occls or stenosis of precerb art
I63.3Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of cerebral arteries
I63.4Cerebral infarction due to embolism of cerebral arteries
I63.5Cerebral infrc due to unsp occls or stenosis of cerebral art
I63.6Cerebral infrc due to cerebral venous thombos, nonpyogenic
I63.8Other cerebral infarction
Related Conditions
ICD-11 Equivalents(1)
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Also Known As / Clinical Terms(370)
SNOMED CT
- Cerebrovascular disorder in the puerperium6594005
- Multi infarct dementia with delirium10349009
- Multi-infarct dementia with delirium10349009
- Vascular dementia, with delirium10349009
- Hemichorea11265003
- Multi-infarct dementia with depression14070001
- Vascular dementia, with depressive mood14070001
- Completed stroke25133001
- Multi infarct dementia with delusions25772007
- Multi-infarct dementia with delusions25772007
- Vascular dementia, with delusions25772007
- R.I.N.D. syndrome36179005
- RIND - Reversible ischaemic neurological defect36179005
- RIND - Reversible ischemic neurological defect36179005
- Reversible ischaemic neurologic deficit (R.I.N.D.) syndrome36179005
- Reversible ischaemic neurologic deficit syndrome36179005
- Reversible ischaemic neurological defect36179005
- Reversible ischemic neurologic deficit (R.I.N.D.) syndrome36179005
- Reversible ischemic neurologic deficit syndrome36179005
- Reversible ischemic neurological defect36179005
- Arteriosclerotic dementia56267009
- MID - multi-infarct dementia56267009
- Multi infarct dementia56267009
- Multi-infarct dementia56267009
- Progressing stroke57981008
- Stroke-in-evolution syndrome57981008
- Multi infarct dementia, uncomplicated70936005
- Multi-infarct dementia, uncomplicated70936005
- Vascular dementia, uncomplicated70936005
- Inferior cerebellar artery syndrome78569004
- LMS - Lateral medullary syndrome78569004
- Lateral medullary syndrome78569004
- Posterior inferior cerebellar artery syndrome78569004
- Wallenberg's syndrome78569004
- Cerebellar infarction95460007
- Nonparalytic stroke111297002
- Brainstem stroke syndrome195212005
- Left sided CVA (cerebrovascular accident)195216008
- Left sided cerebral hemisphere cerebrovascular accident195216008
- CVA - Cerebrovascular accident230690007
- Cerebrovascular accident230690007
- Stroke230690007
- Posterior cerebral circulation infarction230696001
- Posterior cerebral circulation stroke230696001
- Haemorrhagic cerebral infarction230706003
- Hemorrhagic cerebral infarction230706003
- Ischaemic stroke with haemorrhagic transformation230706003
- Ischemic stroke with hemorrhagic transformation230706003
- Stroke of uncertain pathology230713003
- Livedo racemosa238772004
- Livedo reticularis238772004
- Stroke in the puerperium275434003
- CVA - Extension of cerebrovascular accident281240008
- Extension of cerebrovascular accident281240008
- Extension of stroke281240008
- Infarction of visual cortex302904002
- Diffuse cerebrovascular disease302909007
- Thrombotic stroke371040005
- Occlusive stroke373606000
- Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy390936003
- Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy390936003
- Ischaemic stroke422504002
- Ischemic stroke422504002
- Cerebral infarction432504007
- CVA (cerebrovascular accident) during surgery716051003
- Cerebrovascular accident during surgery716051003
- Ehrmann Sneddon syndrome716745004
- Livedo racemosa and cerebrovascular accident716745004
- Livedo reticularis and cerebrovascular accident syndrome716745004
- Sneddon syndrome716745004
- Silent cerebral infarct723082006
- Migraine-induced stroke724429004
- Stroke and migraine724429004
- Stroke co-occurrent with migraine724429004
- White matter disorder co-occurrent and due to cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy724779000
- White matter disorder co-occurrent and due to cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy724779000
- White matter disorder with CADASIL724779000
- Epilepsy due to cerebrovascular accident724787004
- Epilepsy due to stroke724787004
- Ischaemic stroke without residual deficits725132001
- Ischemic stroke without residual deficits725132001
- Autosomal recessive leukoencephalopathy, ischaemic stroke, retinitis pigmentosa syndrome771476007
- Autosomal recessive leukoencephalopathy, ischemic stroke, retinitis pigmentosa syndrome771476007
- Haemorrhagic infarction1162785009
- Hemorrhagic infarction1162785009
- Childhood arterial ischaemic stroke1197363004
- Childhood arterial ischemic stroke1197363004
- Paediatric arterial ischaemic stroke1197363004
- Pediatric arterial ischemic stroke1197363004
- Dementia due to haemorrhagic cerebral infarction due to hypertension1259499007
- Dementia due to hemorrhagic cerebral infarction due to hypertension1259499007
- Dementia due to intracerebral hypertensive haemorrhage1259499007
- Dementia due to intracerebral hypertensive hemorrhage1259499007
- Haemorrhagic cerebral infarction due to hypertension1260271009
- Hemorrhagic cerebral infarction due to hypertension1260271009
- Hypertensive haemorrhagic cerebral infarction1260271009
- Hypertensive hemorrhagic cerebral infarction1260271009
- Hemichorea due to cerebral infarct1260386000
- Hemichorea due to cerebral infarction1260386000
- Hemichorea due to head injury1260387009
- Hemichorea due to injury of head1260387009
- Chorea due to head injury1279729004
- Chorea due to injury of head1279729004
- Iatrogenic ischaemic cerebral infarction1344635001
- Iatrogenic ischaemic infarct of cerebrum1344635001
- Iatrogenic ischemic cerebral infarction1344635001
- Iatrogenic ischemic infarct of cerebrum1344635001
- CVA (cerebrovascular accident) during heart surgery12067951000119107
- Cerebrovascular accident during heart surgery12067951000119107
- Cerebrovascular accident during operation on heart12067951000119107
- Cerebellar stroke16371781000119100
- Cerebrovascular accident following heart procedure12204031000119101
- Cerebrovascular accident following procedure on heart12204031000119101
- Stroke following cardiac procedure12204031000119101
- Cerebrovascular accident of basal ganglia595899961000119100
- Stroke of basal ganglia595899961000119100
- Cerebrovascular accident of brainstem652287331000119104
- Stroke of brainstem652287331000119104
- Cerebrovascular accident of medulla oblongata881694631000119107
- Stroke of medulla oblongata881694631000119107
- Cerebrovascular accident with intracranial haemorrhage5571000124103
- Cerebrovascular accident with intracranial hemorrhage5571000124103
- Cryptogenic stroke16891111000119104
- Idiopathic ischaemic stroke16891111000119104
- Idiopathic ischemic stroke16891111000119104
- Ischaemic stroke without coma140921000119102
- Ischemic stroke without coma140921000119102
- Nonatherosclerotic cerebrovascular accident140251000119101
UMLS
- Accident cerebrovascularC0038454
- ApoplexyC0038454
- Apoplexy, CerebrovascularC0038454
- Brain AttackC0038454
- Brain Vascular AccidentC0038454
- Brain Vascular AccidentsC0038454
- Brain attackC0038454
- CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENTC0038454
- CVAC0038454
- CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)C0038454
- CVA (cerebral vascular accident)C0038454
- CVA - Cerebrovascular accidentC0038454
- CVAs (Cerebrovascular Accident)C0038454
- Cerebral StrokeC0038454
- Cerebral StrokesC0038454
- Cerebral strokeC0038454
- Cerebral vascular accidentC0038454
- Cerebral vascular eventsC0038454
- Cerebrovascular AccidentC0038454
- Cerebrovascular AccidentsC0038454
- Cerebrovascular ApoplexyC0038454
- Cerebrovascular StrokeC0038454
- Cerebrovascular StrokesC0038454
- Cerebrovascular accidentC0038454
- Cerebrovascular accident (disorder)C0038454
- Cerebrovascular accident NOSC0038454
- Cerebrovascular accidentsC0038454
- StrokeC0038454
- Stroke NOSC0038454
- Stroke SyndromeC0038454
- Stroke, CerebralC0038454
- Stroke, CerebrovascularC0038454
- StrokesC0038454
- Strokes, CerebralC0038454
- Strokes, CerebrovascularC0038454
- Vascular Accident, BrainC0038454
- Vascular Accidents, BrainC0038454
- apoplexyC0038454
- cerebral strokeC0038454
- cerebral vascular accidentC0038454
- cerebrovascular accidentC0038454
- cerebrovascular accidentsC0038454
- cerebrovascular strokeC0038454
- strokeC0038454
- stroke cerebralC0038454
- strokesC0038454
- vascular brain accidentC0038454
- vascular cerebral accidentC0038454
- CEREBRAL INFARCTC0007785
- CEREBRAL INFARCTIONC0007785
- Cerebral InfarctC0007785
- Cerebral InfarctionC0007785
- Cerebral InfarctionsC0007785
- Cerebral InfarctsC0007785
- Cerebral IschemiaC0007785
- Cerebral infarctC0007785
- Cerebral infarctionC0007785
- Cerebral infarction (disorder)C0007785
- Cerebral infarction, unspecifiedC0007785
- Cerebral infarctsC0007785
- INFARCT CEREBRALC0007785
- Infarct cerebralC0007785
- Infarct, CerebralC0007785
- Infarction, CerebralC0007785
- Infarctions, CerebralC0007785
- Infarcts, CerebralC0007785
- cerebral infarctC0007785
- cerebral infarctionC0007785
- cerebral infarctionsC0007785
- cerebral infarctsC0007785
- infarct cerebralC0007785
- infarction cerebralC0007785
Clinical Terms
- Extension of cerebrovascular accident
- Vascular dementia, with delirium
- cerebrovascular accidents
- Lateral medullary syndrome
- Cerebrovascular accident of medulla oblongata
- Inferior cerebellar artery syndrome
- White matter disorder co-occurrent and due to cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy
- Completed stroke
- Hemichorea due to injury of head
- Idiopathic ischaemic stroke
- Ischemic stroke with hemorrhagic transformation
- White matter disorder co-occurrent and due to cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Brain Vascular Accident
- CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)
- Infarction, Cerebral
- Cerebrovascular accident with intracranial haemorrhage
- Nonparalytic stroke
- Ischaemic stroke without coma
- Strokes, Cerebrovascular
- Hypertensive hemorrhagic cerebral infarction
- Iatrogenic ischaemic infarct of cerebrum
- Multi infarct dementia with delusions
- Arteriosclerotic dementia
- Dementia due to intracerebral hypertensive haemorrhage
- Cerebral Stroke
- Childhood arterial ischemic stroke
- Multi infarct dementia, uncomplicated
- Diffuse cerebrovascular disease
- Stroke of uncertain pathology
- Hemichorea due to cerebral infarct
- Silent cerebral infarct
- Dementia due to haemorrhagic cerebral infarction due to hypertension
- Cerebrovascular accident of brainstem
- Paediatric arterial ischaemic stroke
- Progressing stroke
- CVA
- cerebral vascular accident
- Stroke-in-evolution syndrome
- Haemorrhagic cerebral infarction
- Stroke following cardiac procedure
- Haemorrhagic cerebral infarction due to hypertension
- Brain Attack
- Extension of stroke
- Stroke, Cerebral
- Wallenberg's syndrome
- Cerebral Infarcts
- Hemorrhagic cerebral infarction due to hypertension
- Migraine-induced stroke
- Stroke Syndrome
- Apoplexy, Cerebrovascular
- Multi-infarct dementia with delusions
- Vascular Accidents, Brain
- Livedo reticularis
- Ischaemic stroke
- Livedo reticularis and cerebrovascular accident syndrome
- Chorea due to head injury
- Reversible ischaemic neurologic deficit syndrome
- strokes
- Cerebrovascular accident (disorder)
- Dementia due to hemorrhagic cerebral infarction due to hypertension
- Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy
- White matter disorder with CADASIL
- Brainstem stroke syndrome
- Vascular dementia, with delusions
- Cerebrovascular Apoplexy
- Cerebrovascular accident with intracranial hemorrhage
- Idiopathic ischemic stroke
- Stroke in the puerperium
- cerebrovascular stroke
- Infarct cerebral
- Reversible ischemic neurologic deficit (R.I.N.D.) syndrome
- Autosomal recessive leukoencephalopathy, ischemic stroke, retinitis pigmentosa syndrome
- Reversible ischemic neurologic deficit syndrome
- Hypertensive haemorrhagic cerebral infarction
- Stroke
- Cerebrovascular accident following heart procedure
- CVA - Cerebrovascular accident
- Cerebrovascular accident during heart surgery
- Hemorrhagic infarction
- CVA (cerebral vascular accident)
- Multi infarct dementia with delirium
- Vascular dementia, with depressive mood
- Infarcts, Cerebral
- Cerebral Infarct
- Thrombotic stroke
- Iatrogenic ischaemic cerebral infarction
- Reversible ischemic neurological defect
- LMS - Lateral medullary syndrome
- Cerebral Infarctions
- CVA (cerebrovascular accident) during heart surgery
- Epilepsy due to cerebrovascular accident
- Cryptogenic stroke
- Hemorrhagic cerebral infarction
- apoplexy
- Cerebrovascular Strokes
- Multi-infarct dementia, uncomplicated
- RIND - Reversible ischaemic neurological defect
- Hemichorea due to head injury
- Reversible ischaemic neurologic deficit (R.I.N.D.) syndrome
- Stroke co-occurrent with migraine
- Hemichorea
- Pediatric arterial ischemic stroke
- Posterior cerebral circulation stroke
- Left sided CVA (cerebrovascular accident)
- Sneddon syndrome
- Ischemic stroke
- Infarctions, Cerebral
- Cerebrovascular disorder in the puerperium
- Childhood arterial ischaemic stroke
- Brain Vascular Accidents
- Cerebral vascular events
- Dementia due to intracerebral hypertensive hemorrhage
- Occlusive stroke
- Stroke, Cerebrovascular
- R.I.N.D. syndrome
- Infarction of visual cortex
- vascular brain accident
- Ischemic stroke without coma
- Ehrmann Sneddon syndrome
- Cerebral Strokes
- Multi-infarct dementia with delirium
- vascular cerebral accident
- Ischaemic stroke without residual deficits
- Cerebrovascular accident during surgery
- Vascular Accident, Brain
- MID - multi-infarct dementia
- Cerebral infarction (disorder)
- Autosomal recessive leukoencephalopathy, ischaemic stroke, retinitis pigmentosa syndrome
- Stroke of basal ganglia
- Livedo racemosa
- Stroke of brainstem
- Posterior cerebral circulation infarction
- Cerebellar stroke
- Chorea due to injury of head
- infarction cerebral
- Livedo racemosa and cerebrovascular accident
- CVAs (Cerebrovascular Accident)
- CVA - Extension of cerebrovascular accident
- Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy
- Cerebrovascular accident of basal ganglia
- Cerebrovascular accident during operation on heart
- Ischaemic stroke with haemorrhagic transformation
- Stroke of medulla oblongata
- Accident cerebrovascular
- Reversible ischaemic neurological defect
- Stroke NOS
- Vascular dementia, uncomplicated
- Stroke and migraine
- Multi-infarct dementia with depression
- Multi-infarct dementia
- Cerebellar infarction
- Left sided cerebral hemisphere cerebrovascular accident
- Cerebral Ischemia
- Strokes, Cerebral
- Posterior inferior cerebellar artery syndrome
- Multi infarct dementia
- Cerebrovascular accident following procedure on heart
- Haemorrhagic infarction
- Nonatherosclerotic cerebrovascular accident
- Iatrogenic ischemic cerebral infarction
- Epilepsy due to stroke
- Infarct, Cerebral
- Iatrogenic ischemic infarct of cerebrum
- Cerebrovascular accident NOS
- Ischemic stroke without residual deficits
- stroke cerebral
- CVA (cerebrovascular accident) during surgery
- RIND - Reversible ischemic neurological defect
- Hemichorea due to cerebral infarction
Related ICF Categories(18)
The ICF Core Set for Stroke identifies functioning domains commonly assessed with this condition.
Consciousness functions
Orientation functions
Attention functions
Mental functions of language
Seeing functions
Voice functions
Exercise tolerance functions
Muscle power functions
Muscle tone functions
Control of voluntary movement functions
Speaking
Walking
Moving around using equipment
Washing oneself
Toileting
Eating
Immediate family
Health services, systems and policies
Showing 18 brief core set categories. The comprehensive core set includes 124 categories.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for cerebral infarction, unspecified?
The ICD-10-CM code for cerebral infarction, unspecified is I63.9. The full clinical description is "Cerebral infarction, unspecified". I63.9 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.
What does ICD-10 code I63.9 mean?
ICD-10-CM code I63.9 represents “Cerebral infarction, unspecified”. It is classified under Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is I63.9 a billable code?
Yes, I63.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is I63.9 in?
I63.9 is in Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System (codes I00-I99).
What codes cannot be used with I63.9?
I63.9 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (S06.-); neonatal cerebral infarction (P91.82-).
Are additional codes required with I63.9?
Yes, when using I63.9, also report: presence of:; alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-); exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22); history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891); hypertension (I10-I1A); occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31); tobacco dependence (F17.-); tobacco use (Z72.0); code, if applicable, to identify status post administration of tPA (rtPA) in a different facility within the last 24 hours prior to admission to current facility (Z92.82).
What SNOMED CT codes does I63.9 map to?
I63.9 maps to 55 SNOMED CT concepts: 56267009, 771476007, 195212005, 12067951000119107, 716051003, and 50 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for I63.9?
I63.9 is linked to 2 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0038454, C0007785. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
What ICF functioning codes are related to cerebral infarction, unspecified?
The ICF Core Set for Stroke includes 18 functioning categories covering body functions, activities, and environmental factors commonly assessed with this condition. The comprehensive core set includes 124 categories total. Browse the ICF directory.
What is the ICD-11 equivalent of I63.9?
I63.9 maps to the ICD-11 code: 8B11.3 (Cerebral ischaemic stroke due to small artery occlusion).
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