Intraoperative cerebrovascular infarction during oth surgery

This code signifies an acute stroke that occurs during a surgical procedure other than a cardiovascular or neurosurgical operation. It indicates a new onset of cerebral infarction directly attributable to the intraoperative period of a non-cardiac, non-neurological surgery.

Use this code when documentation clearly states a cerebrovascular infarction occurred during a non-cardiac or non-neurosurgical procedure. Supporting documentation should include physician notes detailing the onset of stroke symptoms intraoperatively and diagnostic confirmation of infarction.

• This code requires a causal link between the surgery and the infarction.
• Always sequence this code after the code for the underlying surgical complication (if applicable) and before the code for the specific type of cerebrovascular infarction.
• Do not use for strokes occurring postoperatively or preoperatively; those have different codes.