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I63.349

Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of unspecified cerebellar artery

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of unspecified cerebellar 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 I63 Cerebral infarction

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • neonatal cerebral infarction (P91.82-)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • chronic, without residual deficits (sequelae) (Z86.73)
  • sequelae of cerebral infarction (I69.3-)

Use additional code

  • 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)
  • code, if known, to indicate National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score (R29.7-)

Includes

  • occlusion and stenosis of cerebral and precerebral arteries, resulting in cerebral infarction

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.

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Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
I63.341 Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of right cerebellar artery Valid
I63.342 Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of left cerebellar artery Valid
I63.343 Cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of bilateral cerebellar arteries Valid