I70
Atherosclerosis
Non-billableCategory
Coding Guidelines
Includes
- arteriolosclerosis
- arterial degeneration
- arteriosclerosis
- arteriosclerotic vascular disease
- arteriovascular degeneration
- atheroma
- endarteritis deformans or obliterans
- senile arteritis
- senile endarteritis
- vascular degeneration
Excludes2 (Not Included Here)
These conditions are not part of this code but may be reported additionally if documented
- arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (I25.1-)
- arteriosclerotic heart disease (I25.1-)
- atheroembolism (I75.-)
- I67.2 - cerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2)
- coronary atherosclerosis (I25.1-)
- K55.1 - mesenteric atherosclerosis (K55.1)
- I67.2 - precerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2)
- I27.0 - primary pulmonary atherosclerosis (I27.0)
Use Additional Code
- code to identify:
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)
- tobacco use (Z72.0)
Specific Codes (10)
I70.0Billable
Atherosclerosis of aorta
I70.1Billable
Atherosclerosis of renal artery
I70.2Category
Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities
I70.3Category
Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.4Category
Atherosclerosis of autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.5Category
Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.6Category
Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.7Category
Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.8Billable
Atherosclerosis of other arteries
I70.9Category
Other and unspecified atherosclerosis
