I70 Non-Billable Code
Atherosclerosis
Chapter Classification
Chapter 9
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)
Section Detail
I70-I79
Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I70-I79)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
includes
- arteriolosclerosis
- arterial degeneration
- arteriosclerosis
- arteriosclerotic vascular disease
- arteriovascular degeneration
- atheroma
- endarteritis deformans or obliterans
- senile arteritis
- senile endarteritis
- vascular degeneration
excludes2
- 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)
useAdditionalCode
- 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)
More Specific Diagnosis Codes
This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.
- I70.0 - Atherosclerosis of aorta Billable
- I70.1 - Atherosclerosis of renal artery Billable
- I70.2 - Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities
- I70.3 - Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.4 - Atherosclerosis of autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.5 - Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.6 - Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.7 - Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.8 - Atherosclerosis of other arteries Billable
- I70.9 - Other and unspecified atherosclerosis
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