I70
Non-billableAtherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
This is a header/category code. For billing purposes, use a more specific child code from the list below.
Coding Notes
Includes
Conditions included under this code
- arteriolosclerosis
- arterial degeneration
- arteriosclerosis
- arteriosclerotic vascular disease
- arteriovascular degeneration
- atheroma
- endarteritis deformans or obliterans
- senile arteritis
- senile endarteritis
- vascular degeneration
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- 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)
Child Codes (10)
I70.0Atherosclerosis of aorta
I70.1Atherosclerosis of renal artery
I70.2Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities
I70.3Athscl unsp type bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.4Athscl autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.5Athscl nonautologous bio bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.6Athscl nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.7Athscl type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.8Atherosclerosis of other arteries
I70.9Other and unspecified atherosclerosis
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
UMLS
- Arterial SclerosisC0003850
- ArteriosclerosesC0003850
- ArteriosclerosisC0003850
- Arteriosclerosis (morphologic abnormality)C0003850
- Arteriosclerotic vascular diseaseC0003850
- Arteriosclerotic vascular disease (disorder)C0003850
- Vascular SclerosisC0003850
- Vascular sclerosisC0003850
- Vascular sclerosis (morphologic abnormality)C0003850
- arteriosclerosesC0003850
- arteriosclerosisC0003850
- arteriosclerotic vascular diseaseC0003850
- Arterial degenerationC0264954
- Arteriovascular degenerationC0264954
- Arteriovascular degeneration (disorder)C0264954
- arterial degenerationC0264954
- arteriovascular degenerationC0264954
- ArteriolosclerosesC0878486
- ArteriolosclerosisC0878486
- Arteriolosclerosis (morphologic abnormality)C0878486
- arteriolosclerosisC0878486
- AtheromaC0264956
- Atheroma (morphologic abnormality)C0264956
- Atheroma of arteryC0264956
- Atheroma of artery (disorder)C0264956
- AtheromasC0264956
- Atheromatous PlaqueC0264956
- Atheromatous PlaquesC0264956
- Atheromatous degenerationC0264956
- Atheromatous degeneration (morphologic abnormality)C0264956
- Atheromatous plaqueC0264956
- Plaque, AtheromatousC0264956
- atheromaC0264956
- atheromasC0264956
- atheromatousC0264956
- atheromatous plaqueC0264956
- AtheromatosisC0004153
- AtherosclerosesC0004153
- AtherosclerosisC0004153
- Atherosclerosis (morphologic abnormality)C0004153
- Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular DiseaseC0004153
- Atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseC0004153
- Narrowing and hardening of arteriesC0004153
- atheromatosisC0004153
- atherosclerosesC0004153
- atherosclerosisC0004153
- atherosclerotic vascular diseaseC0004153
- Senile arteritisC0264990
- Senile arteritis (disorder)C0264990
- senile arteritisC0264990
- Senile endarteritisC0264991
- Senile endarteritis (disorder)C0264991
- senile endarteritisC0264991
- Vascular degenerationC1281300
- Vascular degeneration (disorder)C1281300
- vascular degenerationC1281300
- endarteritis deformans or obliteransC4290148
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code I70?
ICD-10-CM code I70 represents "Atherosclerosis". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.
Is I70 a billable code?
No, I70 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 10 child codes under I70.
What chapter is I70 in?
I70 is in Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System (codes I00-I99).
What are the subcategories under I70?
I70 has 10 child codes, including: 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), and 6 more.
Are additional codes required with I70?
Yes, when using I70 you should also 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).
What are the UMLS CUIs for I70?
I70 is linked to 9 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0003850, C0264954, C0878486, C0264956, C0004153, and 4 more. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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