I70.0
BillableAtherosclerosis of aorta
Atherosclerosis of aorta
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)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Atherosclerosis of aorta81817003
- Atherosclerotic aorta81817003
- Abdominal aortic atherosclerosis233955003
- Atherosclerosis of abdominal aorta233955003
- Aortoiliac atherosclerosis233956002
- Aortoiliac disease233956002
- Aortic arteriosclerosis1284863004
- Arteriosclerosis of aorta1284863004
- Arteriosclerotic aortic disease1284863004
- Abdominal aortic arteriosclerosis431401000124108
- Arteriosclerosis of abdominal aorta431401000124108
- Aortic arch atherosclerosis461441000124103
- Arteriosclerosis of thoracic aorta431411000124106
- Thoracic aortic arteriosclerosis431411000124106
UMLS
- Aortic atherosclerosisC0155733
- Aortic atherosclerotic lesionC0155733
- Atherosclerosis of AortaC0155733
- Atherosclerosis of aortaC0155733
- Atherosclerosis of aorta (disorder)C0155733
- Atherosclerosis of the aortaC0155733
- Atherosclerotic aortaC0155733
- Atherosclerotic changes of aortaC0155733
- Plaque build-up in aorta arteryC0155733
- aorta atherosclerosisC0155733
- aortic atherosclerosisC0155733
- aortic sclerosisC0155733
- atherosclerosis aortaC0155733
- atherosclerosis of aortaC0155733
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code I70.0?
ICD-10-CM code I70.0 represents "Atherosclerosis of aorta". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is I70.0 a billable code?
Yes, I70.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is I70.0 in?
I70.0 is in Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System (codes I00-I99).
Are additional codes required with I70.0?
Yes, when using I70.0 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 SNOMED CT codes does I70.0 map to?
I70.0 maps to 7 SNOMED CT concepts: 431401000124108, 233955003, 461441000124103, 1284863004, 233956002, and 2 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for I70.0?
I70.0 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0155733. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.