I69.820 Aphasia following other cerebrovascular disease

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 I69.8 Sequelae of other cerebrovascular diseases

Excludes1 (never code together)

• sequelae of traumatic intracranial injury (S06.-)

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 I69.820

Back-references to I69.82

• Type 1 Excludes: F06.7 Mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition ("cognitive deficits following (sequelae of) cerebral hemorrhage or infarction (I69.01-I69.11-, I69.21-I69.31-, I69.81- I69.91-)")

Back-references to I69.8

• Type 2 Excludes: I67 Other cerebrovascular diseases ("sequelae of the listed conditions (I69.8)")

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 I69.820

• Aphasia (amnestic) (global) (nominal) (semantic) (syntactic) › following › cerebrovascular disease › specified disease NEC
• Sequelae (of) › disease › cerebrovascular › specified type NEC › aphasia

Nearby codes

• I69.814 Frontal lobe and executive function deficit following other cerebrovascular disease
• I69.815 Cognitive social or emotional deficit following other cerebrovascular disease
• I69.818 Other symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions following other cerebrovascular disease
• I69.819 Unspecified symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions following other cerebrovascular disease
• I69.82 Speech and language deficits following other cerebrovascular disease
• I69.820 Aphasia following other cerebrovascular disease (this code)
• I69.821 Dysphasia following other cerebrovascular disease
• I69.822 Dysarthria following other cerebrovascular disease
• I69.823 Fluency disorder following other cerebrovascular disease
• I69.828 Other speech and language deficits following other cerebrovascular disease
• I69.83 Monoplegia of upper limb following other cerebrovascular disease