2025 ICD-10-CM code I69.023
(Active) Effective Date: N/A Revision Date: N/A Diseases of the circulatory system - Speech and language deficits following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage 9 Feed
Fluency disorder following a nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, such as stuttering.
Medical necessity for services related to this code must be established by demonstrating the need for intervention to address the fluency disorder resulting from the subarachnoid hemorrhage. This typically involves documenting the functional impact of the fluency problem on the patient's communication and quality of life.
Clinicians, including neurologists, speech-language pathologists, and other healthcare professionals involved in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients with cerebrovascular diseases, are responsible for accurately documenting and coding this condition.
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- I69 - Sequelae of cerebrovascular diseaseI69.0 - Sequelae of nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhageI69.02 - Speech and language deficits following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
In simple words: This code signifies a stuttering or other fluency problem that arises after a bleeding event in the brain called a subarachnoid hemorrhage, which wasn't caused by trauma.
Fluency disorder following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. Stuttering following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Example 1: A patient experiences a nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage and, as a result, develops a stutter., A patient who previously had fluent speech experiences a subarachnoid hemorrhage and subsequently presents with cluttering, a type of fluency disorder., Following a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a patient exhibits a fluency disorder characterized by repetitions of sounds, syllables, or words.
Documentation should include details of the subarachnoid hemorrhage, the nature of the fluency disorder, and the causal relationship between the two. Supporting documentation might include neurological evaluations, speech-language pathology assessments, and imaging studies.
- Specialties:Neurology, Speech-Language Pathology
- Place of Service:Inpatient Hospital, Outpatient Hospital, Office, Skilled Nursing Facility, Rehabilitation Facility