ICD-10-CM › I00-I99 › I70-I79 › I74.0 Embolism and thrombosis of abdominal aorta › I74.01
Saddle embolus of abdominal aorta
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Saddle embolus of abdominal aorta
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 I74 Arterial embolism and thrombosis
Excludes2 - not included here
- atheroembolism (I75.-)
- basilar embolism and thrombosis (I63.0-I63.2, I65.1)
- carotid embolism and thrombosis (I63.0-I63.2, I65.2)
- cerebral embolism and thrombosis (I63.3-I63.5, I66.-)
- coronary embolism and thrombosis (I21-I25)
- mesenteric embolism and thrombosis (K55.0-)
- ophthalmic embolism and thrombosis (H34.-)
- precerebral embolism and thrombosis NOS (I63.0-I63.2, I65.9)
- pulmonary embolism and thrombosis (I26.-)
- renal embolism and thrombosis (N28.0)
- retinal embolism and thrombosis (H34.-)
- septic embolism and thrombosis (I76)
- vertebral embolism and thrombosis (I63.0-I63.2, I65.0)
Code first
- embolism and thrombosis complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
- embolism and thrombosis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.-)
Includes
- embolic infarction
- embolic occlusion
- thrombotic infarction
- thrombotic occlusion
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Embolism > aorta, aortic > saddle
- Saddle > embolus > abdominal aorta
- Embolism > saddle > abdominal aorta
- Embolism > aorta, aortic > abdominal > saddle
- Thrombosis, thrombotic > aorta, aortic > saddle
- Thrombosis, thrombotic > aorta, aortic > abdominal > saddle
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| I74.09 | Other arterial embolism and thrombosis of abdominal aorta | Valid |