2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I61

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Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage

  • I61 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 I61 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of I61 – other international versions of ICD-10 I61 may differ.

Use Additional

  • code, if known, to indicate National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score (R29.7-)

Type 2 Excludes

  • sequelae of intracerebral hemorrhage (I69.1-)

The following code(s) above I61 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to I61:

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

Clinical Information

  • Bleeding into one or both cerebral hemispheres including the basal ganglia and the cerebral cortex. It is often associated with hypertension and craniocerebral trauma.
  • Bleeding or escape of blood into a cerebral hemisphere of the brain, including lobar, subcortical white matter, and basal ganglia hemorrhages.
  • Bleeding within the cerebrum.
  • Hemorrhage into the cerebrum. See also stroke syndrome. (cdrh)

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 I61:

  • Code Also: G96.81
  • Use Additional: I16.1
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