Aphasia following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage

This code signifies the presence of aphasia, a disorder affecting language comprehension or production, as a sequela of a nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage other than a cerebral infarction. It indicates a persistent neurological deficit directly attributable to a prior bleeding event within the skull not caused by external trauma.

Apply this code when documentation clearly states a patient has aphasia resulting from a previous nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage (e.g., spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, or other non-traumatic bleed). The medical record should specify the causal link between the hemorrhage and the current aphasia.

• Always sequence this code after the code identifying the specific type of nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage (e.g., I60.-, I61.-).
• Distinguish from aphasia due to cerebral infarction (I69.320) or traumatic intracranial injury (I69.820).
• Ensure the documentation specifies "nontraumatic" and the type of hemorrhage if known, to support accurate coding.