ICD-Code I63.1: Cerebral infarction due to embolism of precerebral arteries
You had a stroke.
A stroke causes damage to parts of the brain. There are various reasons for this. If a blood vessel is narrowed or blocked, the brain does not receive enough oxygen-rich blood. This can cause damage to the affected brain tissue. When there is bleeding in the brain, the blood from the blood vessels leaks into the surrounding tissue. This can also cause damage to brain tissue. Your brain tissue was damaged because an artery was partially or completely blocked. As a result, your brain was no longer sufficiently supplied with oxygen.
Arteries are blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart. They supply all the tissue in the body with oxygen-rich blood. There are various reasons for an artery getting blocked. The artery can be narrowed by deposits of calcium and fats in the blood vessel wall. Then not enough blood can flow through. Or the artery can be blocked by a blood clot. The blood clot can form in the heart or somewhere else in the body. The blood clot can then be swept towards the brain along with the blood.
Various risk factors can favor the blocking of an artery. These include, for example, smoking, obesity, and high blood pressure.
In the neck there are various arteries that supply the brain. In your case, a blood clot has blocked one of these arteries. As a result, the brain tissue has not received enough blood.
If insufficient blood is flowing through the blood vessels in the brain, brain tissue can become damaged. A stroke can cause a variety of symptoms. The symptoms depend on where the brain was damaged. The symptoms also depend on the extent of the damaged area. You may no longer be able to move some parts of your body properly, for example. They may not be able to speak properly.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
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