Atheroembolism of lower extremity

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 4 more specific codes instead:

I75.021 Atheroembolism of right lower extremity
I75.022 Atheroembolism of left lower extremity
I75.023 Atheroembolism of bilateral lower extremities
I75.029 Atheroembolism of unspecified lower 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 Atheroembolism of lower extremity

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 I75 Atheroembolism

Includes

atherothrombotic microembolism
cholesterol embolism

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 > cholesterol
Microembolism > atherothrombotic
Blue > toe syndrome
Syndrome > blue toe
Atheroembolism > of > extremities > lower

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
I75.01	Atheroembolism of upper extremity	Not billable