Use additional code to identify presence of:
alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
hypertension (I10-I1A)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
tobacco dependence (F17.-)
tobacco use (Z72.0)

Excludes1

  • traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (S06.-)
  1. I60 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

    Use additional code, if known, to indicate National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score (R29.7-)

    Excludes1

    • syphilitic ruptured cerebral aneurysm (A52.05)

    Excludes2

    • sequelae of subarachnoid hemorrhage (I69.0-)
    1. I60.0 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from carotid siphon and bifurcation

      1. I60.00 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from unspecified carotid siphon and bifurcation

      2. I60.01 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from right carotid siphon and bifurcation

      3. I60.02 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from left carotid siphon and bifurcation

    2. I60.1 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from middle cerebral artery

      1. I60.10 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from unspecified middle cerebral artery

      2. I60.11 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from right middle cerebral artery

      3. I60.12 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from left middle cerebral artery

    3. I60.2 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from anterior communicating artery

    4. I60.3 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from posterior communicating artery

      1. I60.30 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from unspecified posterior communicating artery

      2. I60.31 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from right posterior communicating artery

      3. I60.32 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from left posterior communicating artery

    5. I60.4 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from basilar artery

    6. I60.5 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from vertebral artery

      1. I60.50 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from unspecified vertebral artery

      2. I60.51 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from right vertebral artery

      3. I60.52 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from left vertebral artery

    7. I60.6 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from other intracranial arteries

    8. I60.7 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from unspecified intracranial artery

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Ruptured (congenital) berry aneurysm
      • Ruptured (congenital) cerebral aneurysm
      • Subarachnoid hemorrhage (nontraumatic) from cerebral artery NOS
      • Subarachnoid hemorrhage (nontraumatic) from communicating artery NOS
    9. I60.8 Other nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Meningeal hemorrhage
      • Rupture of cerebral arteriovenous malformation
    10. I60.9 Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, unspecified

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.