I60.5
Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from vertebral artery
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 13 never code together
I60code
I00-I99chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)M30-M36
- transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)G45.-
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 9
I60code
Use additional code
- code, if known, to indicate National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score (R29.7-)R29.7-
I60-I69block
Use additional code
- code to identify presence of:
- alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)F10.-
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)Z77.22
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)Z87.891
- hypertension (I10-I1A)I10-I1A
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)Z57.31
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)F17.-
- tobacco use (Z72.0)Z72.0
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 9 same parent — I60
I60.0 Ntrm subarach hemorrhage from carotid siphon and bifurcation category I60.1 Ntrm subarachnoid hemorrhage from middle cerebral artery category I60.2 Ntrm subarach hemorrhage from anterior communicating artery I60.3 Ntrm subarach hemorrhage from posterior communicating artery category I60.4 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from basilar artery I60.6 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from oth intracran art I60.7 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from unsp intracran art I60.8 Other nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage I60.9 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, unspecified
Subordinate codes 3
Medications 1
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
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