I69.91
Cognitive deficits following unspecified cerebrovascular disease
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 7 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 17 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.-
I69.9code
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 7 same parent — I69.9
I69.90 Unspecified sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular disease I69.92 Speech/lang deficits following unsp cerebrovascular disease category I69.93 Monoplg upr lmb following unsp cerebrovascular disease category I69.94 Monoplg low lmb following unsp cerebrovascular disease category I69.95 Hemiplga following unsp cerebrovascular disease category I69.96 Oth paralytic syndrome following unsp cerebvasc disease category I69.99 Other sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular disease category
Subordinate codes 8
I69.910 Attn and concentration deficit fol unsp cerebvasc disease I69.911 Memory deficit following unspecified cerebrovascular disease I69.912 Vis def/sptl nglct following unspecified cerebvasc disease I69.913 Psychomotor deficit following unspecified cerebvasc disease I69.914 Fntl lb and exec fcn def following unsp cerebvasc disease I69.915 Cognitive social or emo def following unsp cerebvasc disease I69.918 Other symp and signs w cogn fnctns fol unsp cerebvasc dis I69.919 Unsp symp and signs w cogn fnctns fol unsp cerebvasc disease
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