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I70

Atherosclerosis

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

  • I70.0 Atherosclerosis of aorta
  • I70.1 Atherosclerosis of renal artery
  • I70.2 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities (also a header)
  • I70.3 Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities (also a header)
  • I70.4 Atherosclerosis of autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the extremities (also a header)
  • I70.5 Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities (also a header)
  • I70.6 Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities (also a header)
  • I70.7 Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities (also a header)
  • I70.8 Atherosclerosis of other arteries
  • I70.9 Other and unspecified atherosclerosis (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Atherosclerosis

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

  • arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (I25.1-)
  • arteriosclerotic heart disease (I25.1-)
  • atheroembolism (I75.-)
  • cerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2)
  • coronary atherosclerosis (I25.1-)
  • mesenteric atherosclerosis (K55.1)
  • precerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2)
  • 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)

Includes

  • arteriolosclerosis
  • arterial degeneration
  • arteriosclerosis
  • arteriosclerotic vascular disease
  • arteriovascular degeneration
  • atheroma
  • endarteritis deformans or obliterans
  • senile arteritis
  • senile endarteritis
  • vascular degeneration