I72.6
BillableAneurysm of vertebral artery
Aneurysm of vertebral artery
Coding Notes
Includes
Conditions included under this code
- aneurysm (cirsoid) (false) (ruptured)
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.-)
- acquired aneurysm (I77.0)
- aneurysm (of) aorta (I71.-)
- aneurysm (of) arteriovenous NOS (Q27.3-)
- carotid artery dissection (I77.71)
- cerebral (nonruptured) aneurysm (I67.1)
- coronary aneurysm (I25.4)
- coronary artery dissection (I25.42)
- dissection of artery NEC (I77.79)
- dissection of precerebral artery, congenital (nonruptured) (Q28.1)
- heart aneurysm (I25.3)
- iliac artery dissection (I77.72)
- precerebral artery, congential (nonruptured) (Q28.1)
- pulmonary artery aneurysm (I28.1)
- renal artery dissection (I77.73)
- retinal aneurysm (H35.0)
- ruptured cerebral aneurysm (I60.7)
- varicose aneurysm (I77.0)
- vertebral artery dissection (I77.74)
- dissection of vertebral artery (I77.74)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- False aneurysm of artery58780002
- Traumatic arterial aneurysm58780002
- Intracranial subarachnoid haemorrhage due to ruptured aneurysm230719004
- Intracranial subarachnoid hemorrhage due to ruptured aneurysm230719004
- SAH (subarachnoid haemorrhage) from ruptured aneurysm230719004
- SAH (subarachnoid hemorrhage) from ruptured aneurysm230719004
- Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to ruptured aneurysm230719004
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage due to ruptured aneurysm230719004
- Vertebral artery rupture234005004
- Vertebral artery aneurysm297176007
- Subarachnoid haemorrhage from vertebral artery aneurysm703174002
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage from vertebral artery aneurysm703174002
- Ruptured aneurysm of vertebral artery703176000
- Aneurysm of left vertebral artery16662371000119109
- Aneurysm of right vertebral artery16662331000119106
- Pseudoaneurysm of vertebral artery5651000124109
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code I72.6?
ICD-10-CM code I72.6 represents "Aneurysm of vertebral artery". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is I72.6 a billable code?
Yes, I72.6 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is I72.6 in?
I72.6 is in Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System (codes I00-I99).
What SNOMED CT codes does I72.6 map to?
I72.6 maps to 9 SNOMED CT concepts: 16662371000119109, 16662331000119106, 58780002, 230719004, 5651000124109, and 4 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for I72.6?
I72.6 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0574027. 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.