ICD-10-CM › I00-I99 › I60-I69 › I60 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage › I60.1
Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from middle cerebral artery
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from middle cerebral artery
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from I60 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
Excludes1 - never coded here
- syphilitic ruptured cerebral aneurysm (A52.05)
Excludes2 - not included here
- sequelae of subarachnoid hemorrhage (I69.0-)
Use additional code
- code, if known, to indicate National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score (R29.7-)
Inherited from the I60-I69 section Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (S06.-)
Use additional code
- 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-I1A)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)
- tobacco use (Z72.0)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Aneurysm > basal
- Aneurysm > cerebral
- Hematoma > cerebral
- Aneurysm > brain > ruptured
- Hematoma > brain > nontraumatic
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > cranial
- Aneurysm > brain > berry > ruptured
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > arachnoid
- Rupture, ruptured > brain > aneurysm
- Aneurysm > brain > miliary > ruptured
- Hematoma > subarachnoid > nontraumatic
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > subarachnoid
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > tentorium NEC
- Cephalematoma, cephalhematoma > traumatic
- Dissection > artery > cerebral > ruptured
- Apoplexia, apoplexy, apoplectic > hemorrhagic
- Cephalematocele, cephalhematocele > traumatic
- Aneurysm > brain > arteriosclerotic > ruptured
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > brain > subarachnoid
- Aneurysm > arteriosclerotic > cerebral > ruptured
- Apoplexia, apoplexy, apoplectic > meninges, hemorrhagic
- Rupture, ruptured > mycotic aneurysm causing cerebral hemorrhage
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > traumatic - code to specific injury > cerebellar
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > traumatic - code to specific injury > intracranial
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > intracranial > subarachnoid > intracranial artery > middle cerebral
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| I60.0 | Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from carotid siphon and bifurcation | Not billable |
| I60.2 | Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from anterior communicating artery | Valid |
| I60.3 | Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from posterior communicating artery | Not billable |
| I60.4 | Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from basilar artery | Valid |
| I60.5 | Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from vertebral artery | Not billable |
| I60.6 | Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from other intracranial arteries | Valid |
| I60.7 | Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from unspecified intracranial artery | Valid |
| I60.8 | Other nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage | Valid |
| I60.9 | Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, unspecified | Valid |