I61.1
Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, cortical
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 12 never code together
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 11
I61.1code
Inclusion terms
- Cerebral lobe hemorrhage (nontraumatic)
- Superficial intracerebral hemorrhage (nontraumatic)
I61code
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 8 same parent — I61
I61.0 Nontraumatic intcrbl hemorrhage in hemisphere, subcortical I61.2 Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, unsp I61.3 Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in brain stem I61.4 Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in cerebellum I61.5 Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, intraventricular I61.6 Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, multiple localized I61.8 Other nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage I61.9 Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, unspecified
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