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I70

Non-Billable (Header)

Atherosclerosis

Includes

  • arteriolosclerosis
  • arterial degeneration
  • arteriosclerosis
  • arteriosclerotic vascular disease
  • arteriovascular degeneration
  • atheroma
  • endarteritis deformans or obliterans
  • senile arteritis
  • senile endarteritis
  • vascular degeneration

Excludes 2 — Not included here, may code separately

  • 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)

Use Additional Code

  • 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)

Child Codes

I70.0Atherosclerosis of aorta
I70.1Atherosclerosis of renal artery
I70.2Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities
I70.3Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.4Atherosclerosis of autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.5Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.6Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.7Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.8Atherosclerosis of other arteries
I70.9Other and unspecified atherosclerosis

Code Hierarchy

└I70Atherosclerosis
└I70Atherosclerosis

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