ICD-10-CM · Chapter 9 · I00–I99
I61.1
Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, cortical
Diseases of the circulatory system
Quick facts
- Code
- I61.1
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 9 — Diseases of the circulatory system
- Category
- I61 — Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM I61.1 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, cortical. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in I61
- I61Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage
- I61.0Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, subcortical
- I61.2Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, unspecified
- I61.3Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in brain stem
- I61.4Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in cerebellum
- I61.5Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, intraventricular
- I61.6Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, multiple localized
- I61.8Other nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage
- I61.9Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, unspecified
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