I69.320 Aphasia following cerebral infarction

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.

Applies from I69 Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease

Excludes1 (never code together)

• personal history of cerebral infarction without residual deficit (Z86.73)
• personal history of prolonged reversible ischemic neurologic deficit (PRIND) (Z86.73)
• personal history of reversible ischemic neurologcial deficit (RIND) (Z86.73)
• sequelae of traumatic intracranial injury (S06.-)

Notes

• Category I69 is to be used to indicate conditions in I60-I67 as the cause of sequelae. The 'sequelae' include conditions specified as such or as residuals which may occur at any time after the onset of the causal condition

Applies from I69.3 Sequelae of cerebral infarction

Applicable to

• Sequelae of stroke NOS

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 056-057 in MDC 01.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 438.11 Late effects of cerebrovascular disease, aphasia (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to I69.320

Back-references to I69.3

• Type 2 Excludes: I63 Cerebral infarction ("sequelae of cerebral infarction (I69.3-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: I69.9 Sequelae of unspecified cerebrovascular diseases ("sequelae of stroke (I69.3)")

Back-references to I69

• Code First: F48.2 Pseudobulbar affect ("sequelae of cerebrovascular disease (I69.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: F80.81 Childhood onset fluency disorder ("fluency disorder (stuttering) following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -23)")
• Type 1 Excludes: F98.5 Adult onset fluency disorder ("fluency disorder (stuttering) following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -23)")
• Type 1 Excludes: G31.84 Mild cognitive impairment of uncertain or unknown etiology ("cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)")
• Code First: G46 Vascular syndromes of brain in cerebrovascular diseases ("underlying cerebrovascular disease (I60-I69)")
• Type 2 Excludes: I10 Essential (primary) hypertension ("essential (primary) hypertension involving vessels of brain (I60-I69)")
• Type 2 Excludes: I15 Secondary hypertension ("secondary hypertension involving vessels of brain (I60-I69)")
• Code First: R13.1 Dysphagia (", if applicable, dysphagia following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -91)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R27.0 Ataxia, unspecified ("ataxia following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -93)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R29.810 Facial weakness ("facial weakness following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -92)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R47.01 Aphasia ("aphasia following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -20)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R47.02 Dysphasia ("dysphasia following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -21)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R47.1 Dysarthria and anarthria ("dysarthria following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -22)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R47.8 Other speech disturbances ("dysarthria following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -28)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R47.82 Fluency disorder in conditions classified elsewhere ("fluency disorder (stuttering) following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -23)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R48.2 Apraxia ("apraxia following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -90)")
• Type 1 Excludes: Z86.73 Personal history of transient ischemic attack (TIA), and cerebral infarction without residual deficits ("sequelae of cerebrovascular disease (I69.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for I69.320

• Aphasia (amnestic) (global) (nominal) (semantic) (syntactic) › following › cerebrovascular disease › cerebral infarction
• Sequelae (of) › infarction › cerebral › aphasia
• Sequelae (of) › stroke NOS › aphasia

Nearby codes

• I69.314 Frontal lobe and executive function deficit following cerebral infarction
• I69.315 Cognitive social or emotional deficit following cerebral infarction
• I69.318 Other symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions following cerebral infarction
• I69.319 Unspecified symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions following cerebral infarction
• I69.32 Speech and language deficits following cerebral infarction
• I69.320 Aphasia following cerebral infarction (this code)
• I69.321 Dysphasia following cerebral infarction
• I69.322 Dysarthria following cerebral infarction
• I69.323 Fluency disorder following cerebral infarction
• I69.328 Other speech and language deficits following cerebral infarction
• I69.33 Monoplegia of upper limb following cerebral infarction