I70.8

Atherosclerosis of other arteries

Billable / specific

I70.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from I70)

  • 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) (from I70)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from I70)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from I70)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from I70)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from I70)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from I70)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from I70)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from I70)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from I70)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-) (from I70)
  • arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (I25.1-) (from I70)
  • arteriosclerotic heart disease (I25.1-) (from I70)
  • atheroembolism (I75.-) (from I70)
  • cerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2) (from I70)
  • coronary atherosclerosis (I25.1-) (from I70)
  • mesenteric atherosclerosis (K55.1) (from I70)
  • precerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2) (from I70)
  • primary pulmonary atherosclerosis (I27.0) (from I70)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify: (from I70)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from I70)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from I70)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from I70)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from I70)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0) (from I70)

Also known as

  • Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic, retina
  • Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic, specified artery NEC
  • Retinopathy, arteriosclerotic
  • Retinopathy, atherosclerotic
  • Stenosis, stenotic, artery NEC, celiac, arteriosclerotic
  • Stenosis, stenotic, artery NEC, celiac, atherosclerosis
  • Stricture, artery, celiac, arteriosclerotic
  • Stricture, artery, celiac, atherosclerosis

Parent code

  • I70AtherosclerosisHeader

Related codes

  • 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
  • I70.9Other and unspecified atherosclerosisHeader

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