I66 Occlusion and stenosis of cerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarction

Category / Non-billable header 18 subcodes

Block: Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)

Includes

  • embolism of cerebral artery
  • narrowing of cerebral artery
  • obstruction (complete) (partial) of cerebral artery
  • thrombosis of cerebral artery

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • Occlusion and stenosis of cerebral artery causing cerebral infarction (I63.3-I63.5)

Subcodes

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Code Description Billable
I66..0 Occlusion and stenosis of middle cerebral artery No
I66..01 Occlusion and stenosis of right middle cerebral artery Yes
I66..02 Occlusion and stenosis of left middle cerebral artery Yes
I66..03 Occlusion and stenosis of bilateral middle cerebral arteries Yes
I66..09 Occlusion and stenosis of unspecified middle cerebral artery Yes
I66..1 Occlusion and stenosis of anterior cerebral artery No
I66..11 Occlusion and stenosis of right anterior cerebral artery Yes
I66..12 Occlusion and stenosis of left anterior cerebral artery Yes
I66..13 Occlusion and stenosis of bilateral anterior cerebral arteries Yes
I66..19 Occlusion and stenosis of unspecified anterior cerebral artery Yes
I66..2 Occlusion and stenosis of posterior cerebral artery No
I66..21 Occlusion and stenosis of right posterior cerebral artery Yes
I66..22 Occlusion and stenosis of left posterior cerebral artery Yes
I66..23 Occlusion and stenosis of bilateral posterior cerebral arteries Yes
I66..29 Occlusion and stenosis of unspecified posterior cerebral artery Yes
I66..3 Occlusion and stenosis of cerebellar arteries Yes
I66..8 Occlusion and stenosis of other cerebral arteries Yes
I66..9 Occlusion and stenosis of unspecified cerebral artery Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026