ICD-10-CM › I00-I99 › I70-I79 › I70.2 Atherosclerosis of native arteries... › I70.20
I70.20
Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:
- I70.201 Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, right leg
- I70.202 Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, left leg
- I70.203 Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, bilateral legs
- I70.208 Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, other extremity
- I70.209 Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, unspecified extremity
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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities
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.
Inherited from I70 Atherosclerosis
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
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| I70.21 | Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with intermittent claudication | Not billable |
| I70.22 | Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with rest pain | Not billable |
| I70.23 | Atherosclerosis of native arteries of right leg with ulceration | Not billable |
| I70.24 | Atherosclerosis of native arteries of left leg with ulceration | Not billable |
| I70.25 | Atherosclerosis of native arteries of other extremities with ulceration | Valid |
| I70.26 | Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with gangrene | Not billable |
| I70.29 | Other atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities | Not billable |