Embolism and thrombosis of unspecified artery

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Embolism and thrombosis of unspecified artery

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.

Occlusion, occluded > thrombotic
Embolism
Embolism > artery
Clot > circulation
Thrombosis, thrombotic > artery, arteries

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
I74.0	Embolism and thrombosis of abdominal aorta	Not billable
I74.1	Embolism and thrombosis of other and unspecified parts of aorta	Not billable
I74.2	Embolism and thrombosis of arteries of the upper extremities	Valid
I74.3	Embolism and thrombosis of arteries of the lower extremities	Valid
I74.4	Embolism and thrombosis of arteries of extremities, unspecified	Valid
I74.5	Embolism and thrombosis of iliac artery	Valid
I74.8	Embolism and thrombosis of other arteries	Valid