I69.169
Other paralytic syndrome following nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage affecting unspecified side
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 5 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 15 never code together
I69code
Excludes1
- personal history of cerebral infarction without residual deficit (Z86.73)Z86.73
- personal history of prolonged reversible ischemic neurologic deficit (PRIND) (Z86.73)Z86.73
- personal history of reversible ischemic neurologcial deficit (RIND) (Z86.73)Z86.73
- sequelae of traumatic intracranial injury (S06.-)S06.-
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
I69code
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 5 same parent — I69.16
I69.161 Oth parlyt synd fol ntrm intcrbl hemor aff right dom side I69.162 Oth parlyt syndrome fol ntrm intcrbl hemor aff left dom side I69.163 Oth parlyt synd fol ntrm intcrbl hemor aff right nondom side I69.164 Oth parlyt synd fol ntrm intcrbl hemor aff left nondom side I69.165 Oth paralytic syndrome following ntrm intcrbl hemor, bi
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