I70Atherosclerosis
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I70-I79)
Coding Notes
Includes
- arteriolosclerosis
- arterial degeneration
- arteriosclerosis
- arteriosclerotic vascular disease
- arteriovascular degeneration
- atheroma
- endarteritis deformans or obliterans
- senile arteritis
- senile endarteritis
- vascular degeneration
Excludes2 (not part of this condition — may code both)
- 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)
Subcategories (10)
- I70.0 Atherosclerosis of aorta
- I70.1 Atherosclerosis of renal artery
- I70.2 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities
- I70.3 Athscl unsp type bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.4 Athscl autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.5 Athscl nonautologous bio bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.6 Athscl nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.7 Athscl type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.8 Atherosclerosis of other arteries
- I70.9 Other and unspecified atherosclerosis