Cerebral infarction/stroke due to embolism
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Cerebral infarction/stroke due to embolism |
ICD10 code: | I63.4 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | none assigned |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | Cerebrovascular disease |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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External ICD10 Documentation |
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Additional Info
- This code includes an ischemic cardioembolic event.
- If this occurs, and then the initially ischemic stroke spontaneously "transforms" and bleeds, then COMBINE this code with the appropriate code for the hemorrhage (see below)
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
for other embolisms:
Embolism codes: |
for other strokes:
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
- Hemorrhage, subarachnoid or ruptured cerebral aneurysm
- Hemorrhage, intracerebral/intracranial, nontraumatic (ICH, hemorrhagic stroke)
- Subdural or epidural hematoma/hemorrhage, nontraumatic
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