I69.369
Other paralytic syndrome following cerebral infarction 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 10
I69code
I69.3code
Inclusion terms
- Sequelae of stroke NOS
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 — I69.36
I69.361 Oth parlyt syndrome fol cereb infrc aff right dominant side I69.362 Oth parlyt syndrome fol cereb infrc aff left dominant side I69.363 Oth parlyt syndrome fol cerebral infrc aff right nondom side I69.364 Oth parlyt syndrome fol cerebral infrc aff left nondom side I69.365 Oth paralytic syndrome following cerebral infrc, bilateral
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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