Version 2024

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I61

Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage

ICD-10-CM Code:
I61
ICD-10 Code for:
Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Diseases of the circulatory system
    (I00–I99)
    • Cerebrovascular diseases
      (I60-I69)
      • Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage
        (I61)

I61 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage

Non-specific codes like I61 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage:

  • Use I61.0 for Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, subcortical - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use I61.1 for Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, cortical - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use I61.2 for Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use I61.3 for Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in brain stem - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use I61.4 for Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in cerebellum - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use I61.5 for Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, intraventricular - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use I61.6 for Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, multiple localized - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use I61.8 for Other nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use I61.9 for Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.


Use Additional Code

Use Additional Code
The “use additional code” indicates that a secondary code could be used to further specify the patient’s condition. This note is not mandatory and is only used if enough information is available to assign an additional code.
  • code, if known, to indicate National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale NIHSS score R29.7

Type 2 Excludes

Type 2 Excludes
A type 2 excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.
  • sequelae of intracerebral hemorrhage I69.1

Patient Education


Hemorrhagic Stroke

A stroke is a medical emergency. There are two types - ischemic and hemorrhagic. Hemorrhagic stroke is the less common type. It happens when a blood vessel breaks and bleeds into the brain. Within minutes, brain cells begin to die. Causes include a bleeding aneurysm, an arteriovenous malformation (AVM), or an artery wall that breaks open.

Symptoms of stroke are:

  • Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg (especially on one side of the body)
  • Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding speech
  • Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
  • Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
  • Sudden severe headache with no known cause

It is important to treat strokes as quickly as possible. With a hemorrhagic stroke, the first steps are to find the cause of bleeding in the brain and then control it. Surgery may be needed. Post-stroke rehabilitation can help people overcome disabilities caused by stroke damage.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke


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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.