2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I60.9

Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, unspecified

  • I60.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM I60.9 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of I60.9 – other international versions of ICD-10 I60.9 may differ.

The following code(s) above I60.9 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to I60.9:

  • I00-I99  Diseases of the circulatory system
  • I60-I69  Cerebrovascular diseases
  • I60  Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage

Approximate Synonyms

  • Non-traumatic subarachnoid intracranial hemorrhage
  • Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage with brain compression
  • Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage with coma and brain compression
  • Ruptured cerebral aneurysm
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage, with brain compression
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage, with coma
  • Terson syndrome
  • Terson’s syndrome

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.

ICD-10-CM I60.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):

  • 020 Intracranial vascular procedures with principal diagnosis hemorrhage with mcc
  • 021 Intracranial vascular procedures with principal diagnosis hemorrhage with cc
  • 022 Intracranial vascular procedures with principal diagnosis hemorrhage without cc/mcc
  • 023 Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex cns principal diagnosis with mcc or chemotherapy implant or epilepsy with neurostimulator
  • 024 Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex cns principal diagnosis without mcc
  • 064 Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc
  • 065 Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with cc or tpa in 24 hours
  • 066 Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction without cc/mcc
  • 791 Prematurity with major problems
  • 793 Full term neonate with major problems

Convert I60.9 to ICD-9-CMCode 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to I60.9:

  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed) R58
    • intracranial (nontraumatic) I62.9
      • subarachnoid (nontraumatic) (from) I60.9
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