Dissection of descending thoracic aorta
Billable / specificHCC V28 264
I71.012 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from I71)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from I71)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from I71)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from I71)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from I71)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from I71)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from I71)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from I71)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from I71)
- transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-) (from I71)
Code first
Sequence the underlying condition first.
Also known as
- Dissection, aorta, thoracic, descending thoracic aorta
Parent code
- I71.01Dissection of thoracic aortaHeader