I69.94
Monoplegia of lower limb 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 2
Alongside this code 7 same parent — I69.9
I69.90 Unspecified sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular disease I69.91 Cognitive deficits following unsp cerebrovascular disease category I69.92 Speech/lang deficits following unsp cerebrovascular disease category I69.93 Monoplg upr 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 5
I69.941 Monoplg low lmb fol unsp cerebvasc dis aff right dom side I69.942 Monoplg low lmb fol unsp cerebvasc disease aff left dom side I69.943 Monoplg low lmb fol unsp cerebvasc dis aff right nondom side I69.944 Monoplg low lmb fol unsp cerebvasc dis aff left nondom side I69.949 Monoplg low lmb fol unsp cerebvasc disease aff unsp side
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