2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I63.2

Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of precerebral arteries

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
  • I63.2 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
  • Short description: Cerebral infrc due to unsp occls or stenosis of precerb art
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM I63.2 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of I63.2 - other international versions of ICD-10 I63.2 may differ.
The following code(s) above I63.2 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to I63.2:
  • I00-I99
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range I00-I99

    Diseases of the circulatory system

    Type 2 Excludes
    • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
    • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
    • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
    • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • neoplasms (C00-D49)
    • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
    • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
    • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)
    Diseases of the circulatory system
  • I60-I69
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range I60-I69

    Cerebrovascular diseases

    Type 1 Excludes
    • traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (S06.-)
    Use Additional
    • code to identify presence of:
    • alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
    • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
    • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
    • hypertension (I10-I16)
    • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
    • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
    • tobacco use (Z72.0)
    Cerebrovascular diseases
  • I63
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I63

    Cerebral infarction

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Includes
    • occlusion and stenosis of cerebral and precerebral arteries, resulting in cerebral infarction
    Type 1 Excludes
    • neonatal cerebral infarction (P91.82-)
    Type 2 Excludes
    • sequelae of cerebral infarction (I69.3-)
    Use Additional
    • 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)
    Cerebral infarction
Code History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to I63.2:
  • Type 1 Excludes: I65
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I65

    Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarction

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Includes
    • embolism of precerebral artery
    • narrowing of precerebral artery
    • obstruction (complete) (partial) of precerebral artery
    • thrombosis of precerebral artery
    Type 1 Excludes
    • insufficiency, NOS, of precerebral artery (G45.-)
    • insufficiency of precerebral arteries causing cerebral infarction (I63.0-I63.2)
  • Type 2 Excludes: I74
    , I74
    , I74
    , I74
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I74

    Arterial embolism and thrombosis

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Code First
    • embolism and thrombosis complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
    • embolism and thrombosis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.-)
    Includes
    • embolic infarction
    • embolic occlusion
    • thrombotic infarction
    • thrombotic occlusion
    Type 2 Excludes
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I74

    Arterial embolism and thrombosis

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Code First
    • embolism and thrombosis complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
    • embolism and thrombosis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.-)
    Includes
    • embolic infarction
    • embolic occlusion
    • thrombotic infarction
    • thrombotic occlusion
    Type 2 Excludes
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I74

    Arterial embolism and thrombosis

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Code First
    • embolism and thrombosis complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
    • embolism and thrombosis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.-)
    Includes
    • embolic infarction
    • embolic occlusion
    • thrombotic infarction
    • thrombotic occlusion
    Type 2 Excludes
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I74

    Arterial embolism and thrombosis

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Code First
    • embolism and thrombosis complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
    • embolism and thrombosis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.-)
    Includes
    • embolic infarction
    • embolic occlusion
    • thrombotic infarction
    • thrombotic occlusion
    Type 2 Excludes

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to I63.2:

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To I63.2
I63.112 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of left vertebral artery
I63.113 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of bilateral vertebral arteries
I63.119 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of unspecified vertebral artery
I63.12 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of basilar artery
I63.13 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of carotid artery
I63.131 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of right carotid artery
I63.132 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of left carotid artery
I63.133 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of bilateral carotid arteries
I63.139 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of unspecified carotid artery
I63.19 Cerebral infarction due to embolism of other precerebral artery
I63.2 Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of precerebral arteries
I63.20 Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of unspecified precerebral arteries
I63.21 Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of vertebral arteries
I63.211 Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of right vertebral artery
I63.212 Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of left vertebral artery
I63.213 Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of bilateral vertebral arteries
I63.219 Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of unspecified vertebral artery
I63.22 Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of basilar artery
I63.23 Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of carotid arteries
I63.231 Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of right carotid arteries
I63.232 Cerebral infarction due to unspecified occlusion or stenosis of left carotid arteries

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