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I61

Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

  • I61.0 Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, subcortical
  • I61.1 Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, cortical
  • I61.2 Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, unspecified
  • I61.3 Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in brain stem
  • I61.4 Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in cerebellum
  • I61.5 Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, intraventricular
  • I61.6 Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, multiple localized
  • I61.8 Other nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage
  • I61.9 Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, unspecified

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage

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.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

  • sequelae of intracerebral hemorrhage (I69.1-)

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)