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Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

HierarchyI60-I69 · I60

Code-level instructions

Excludes 1

syphilitic ruptured cerebral aneurysm (A52.05)

Excludes 2

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 instructions

I60-I69 · Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)

Excludes 1

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)

Chapters 9 · Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)

Excludes 2
  • 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.-)

More specific codes

I60.0Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from carotid siphon and bifurcationCategory · further specificity requiredI60.1Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from middle cerebral arteryCategory · further specificity requiredI60.2Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from anterior communicating arteryBillable / specificI60.3Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from posterior communicating arteryCategory · further specificity requiredI60.4Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from basilar arteryBillable / specificI60.5Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from vertebral arteryCategory · further specificity requiredI60.6Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from other intracranial arteriesBillable / specificI60.7Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from unspecified intracranial arteryBillable / specificI60.8Other nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhageBillable / specificI60.9Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, unspecifiedBillable / specific
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