2025 ICD-10-CM code I69.311
(Active) Effective Date: N/A Diseases of the circulatory system - Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease 9 Feed
Memory deficit following cerebral infarction.
Medical necessity for the use of this code stems from the impact of memory deficits on the patient's quality of life and their need for potential interventions like cognitive rehabilitation or support services.
The physician must document the presence of a memory deficit and its causal relationship to a previous cerebral infarction.
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- I69 Sequelae of cerebrovascular diseaseI69.3 Sequelae of cerebral infarctionI69.31 Memory deficit following cerebral infarction
In simple words: Memory loss after a stroke.
Memory deficit following cerebral infarction. This code specifies a memory impairment that is a direct consequence of a cerebral infarction (stroke).
Example 1: A patient presents with difficulty remembering recent events following a confirmed stroke several weeks prior. After evaluation, the physician diagnoses memory deficit following cerebral infarction., A patient with a history of stroke experiences challenges with short-term memory, impacting their daily activities. The physician documents this as a memory deficit following cerebral infarction., A patient post-stroke undergoes cognitive testing, which reveals significant memory impairment. This is documented as memory deficit following cerebral infarction.
Documentation should include imaging evidence of the prior cerebral infarction, neurological examination findings, and details of the memory deficit, such as its onset, severity, and impact on daily functioning.
** Excludes1: 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.-).Excludes2: certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96), certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99), endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88), injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), neoplasms (C00-D49), symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94), systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36), transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-).
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