Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
- I60 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM I60 became effective on October 1, 2024.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of I60 – other international versions of ICD-10 I60 may differ.
Use Additional
- code, if known, to indicate National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score (R29.7-)
Type 1 Excludes
- syphilitic ruptured cerebral aneurysm (A52.05)
Type 2 Excludes
- sequelae of subarachnoid hemorrhage (I69.0-)
The following code(s) above I60 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to I60:
Clinical Information
- Bleeding into the intracranial or spinal subarachnoid space, most resulting from intracranial aneurysm rupture. It can occur after traumatic injuries (subarachnoid hemorrhage, traumatic). Clinical features include headache; nausea; vomiting, nuchal rigidity, variable neurological deficits and reduced mental status.
- Bleeding into the intracranial subarachnoid space
- Hemorrhage within the intracranial or spinal subarachnoid space.
- Intracranial hemorrhage into the subarachnoid space.
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
- 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to I60:
- Use Additional: I16.1