I70

Atherosclerosis

Non-billable header

I70 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes

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

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)
  • 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

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • 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 codes I70

  • I70.0Atherosclerosis of aortaBillable
  • I70.1Atherosclerosis of renal arteryBillable
  • I70.2Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremitiesHeader
  • I70.3Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremitiesHeader
  • I70.4Atherosclerosis of autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the extremitiesHeader
  • I70.5Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremitiesHeader
  • I70.6Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremitiesHeader
  • I70.7Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremitiesHeader
  • I70.8Atherosclerosis of other arteriesBillable
  • I70.9Other and unspecified atherosclerosisHeader

Related codes

  • I71Aortic aneurysm and dissectionHeader
  • I72Other aneurysmHeader
  • I73Other peripheral vascular diseasesHeader
  • I74Arterial embolism and thrombosisHeader
  • I75AtheroembolismHeader
  • I76Septic arterial embolismBillable
  • I77Other disorders of arteries and arteriolesHeader
  • I78Diseases of capillariesHeader
  • I79Disorders of arteries, arterioles and capillaries in diseases classified elsewhereHeader

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