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I70.24

Atherosclerosis of native arteries of left leg with ulceration

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 7 more specific codes instead:

  • I70.241 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of left leg with ulceration of thigh
  • I70.242 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of left leg with ulceration of calf
  • I70.243 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of left leg with ulceration of ankle
  • I70.244 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of left leg with ulceration of heel and midfoot
  • I70.245 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of left leg with ulceration of other part of foot
  • I70.248 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of left leg with ulceration of other part of lower leg
  • I70.249 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of left leg with ulceration of unspecified site

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 of native arteries of left leg with ulceration

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
I70.20 Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities Not billable
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
I70.25 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