I70 Atherosclerosis

Non-billable header with 10 child codes.

Includes

• arteriolosclerosis
• arterial degeneration
• arteriosclerosis
• arteriosclerotic vascular disease
• arteriovascular degeneration
• atheroma
• endarteritis deformans or obliterans
• senile arteritis
• senile endarteritis
• vascular degeneration

Excludes2 (not included here)

• 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)

Use additional 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)

Applies from I70 Atherosclerosis

Includes

• arteriolosclerosis
• arterial degeneration
• arteriosclerosis
• arteriosclerotic vascular disease
• arteriovascular degeneration
• atheroma
• endarteritis deformans or obliterans
• senile arteritis
• senile endarteritis
• vascular degeneration

Excludes2 (not included here)

• 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)

Use additional 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)

Codes under I70

• I70.0 Atherosclerosis of aorta
• I70.1 Atherosclerosis of renal artery
• I70.2 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities
• I70.3 Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
• I70.4 Atherosclerosis of autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the extremities
• I70.5 Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
• I70.6 Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
• I70.7 Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
• I70.8 Atherosclerosis of other arteries
• I70.9 Other and unspecified atherosclerosis

Code annotations containing back-references to I70

Back-references to I70

• Type 1 Excludes: I77.6 Arteritis, unspecified ("deformans (I70.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: I77.6 Arteritis, unspecified ("obliterans (I70.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: I77.6 Arteritis, unspecified ("senile (I70.-)")

Back-references to I70

• Type 1 Excludes: I77.6 Arteritis, unspecified ("deformans (I70.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: I77.6 Arteritis, unspecified ("obliterans (I70.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: I77.6 Arteritis, unspecified ("senile (I70.-)")

Nearby codes

• I70 Atherosclerosis (this code)
• I70.0 Atherosclerosis of aorta
• I70.1 Atherosclerosis of renal artery
• I70.2 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities
• I70.20 Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities
• I70.201 Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, right leg