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FY2027 ICD-10-CM reference

I70: Atherosclerosis

By the HCC Buddy Coding Team

The official ICD-10-CM descriptor is Atherosclerosis. The FY2027 annual edition starts October 1, 2026. Check the edition that applies to the encounter or inpatient discharge, including any April update.

Nonbillable heading. Verified against the official FY2027 order file.

CMS-HCC V28

Not applicable to this nonbillable heading

CMS-HCC V24

Not applicable to this nonbillable heading

ESRD

Not applicable to this nonbillable heading

PACE

Not applicable to this nonbillable heading

RxHCC

Not applicable to this nonbillable heading

HHS-HCC

Not applicable to this nonbillable heading

More specific FY2027 codes

FY2027 Tabular instructions

Instructions below include applicable chapter, section and parent-code notes. Each note identifies where it appears in the official source.

Excludes2

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)

Source: I00-I99 (chapter, inherited).

Excludes2

certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

Source: I00-I99 (chapter, inherited).

Excludes2

complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)

Source: I00-I99 (chapter, inherited).

Excludes2

congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)

Source: I00-I99 (chapter, inherited).

Excludes2

endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)

Source: I00-I99 (chapter, inherited).

Excludes2

injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

Source: I00-I99 (chapter, inherited).

Excludes2

neoplasms (C00-D49)

Source: I00-I99 (chapter, inherited).

Excludes2

symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Source: I00-I99 (chapter, inherited).

Excludes2

systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)

Source: I00-I99 (chapter, inherited).

Excludes2

transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)

Source: I00-I99 (chapter, inherited).

Includes

arteriolosclerosis

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Includes

arterial degeneration

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Includes

arteriosclerosis

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Includes

arteriosclerotic vascular disease

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Includes

arteriovascular degeneration

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Includes

atheroma

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Includes

endarteritis deformans or obliterans

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Includes

senile arteritis

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Includes

senile endarteritis

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Includes

vascular degeneration

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Instructional note

code to identify:

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Instructional note

exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Instructional note

history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Instructional note

occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Instructional note

tobacco dependence (F17.-)

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Instructional note

tobacco use (Z72.0)

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Excludes2

arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (I25.1-)

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Excludes2

arteriosclerotic heart disease (I25.1-)

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Excludes2

atheroembolism (I75.-)

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Excludes2

cerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2)

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Excludes2

coronary atherosclerosis (I25.1-)

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Excludes2

mesenteric atherosclerosis (K55.1)

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Excludes2

precerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2)

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Excludes2

primary pulmonary atherosclerosis (I27.0)

Source: I70 (category, direct).

Source: CMS FY2027 Tabular List and Alphabetic Index.

Open Tabular instructions and code details

Compare the FY2027 additions, removals and billable-status changes

What does I70 mean in FY2027?

The official ICD-10-CM descriptor is Atherosclerosis. The FY2027 annual edition starts October 1, 2026. Check the edition that applies to the encounter or inpatient discharge, including any April update.

Is I70 billable in FY2027?

The FY2027 order file marks I70 as a nonbillable heading. Select a complete billable child code.

Does I70 map to an HCC?

Risk-model mapping is not applicable to this nonbillable heading. Check a complete billable child code.

Source: CMS FY2027 ICD-10-CM order file. Read the FY2027 Official Guidelines.

Review the FY2026 April edition