I70.0 Atherosclerosis of aorta

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

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)

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• CMS-HCC V22: HCC 108 — Vascular Disease
• ESRD V24: HCC 108

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 299-301 in MDC 05.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 440.0 Atherosclerosis of aorta

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Adult diagnoses (age 15 through 124): Age conflict edit. These diagnoses are clinically expected only in patients age 15 through 124.

Code annotations containing back-references to I70.0

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.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for I70.0

• Aortitis (nonsyphilitic) (calcific) › arteriosclerotic
• Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic (diffuse) (obliterans) (of) (senile) (with calcification) › aorta
• Atheroma, atheromatous › aorta, aortic
• Atheroma, atheromatous › aorto-iliac
• Calcification › aorta
• Degeneration, degenerative › aorta, aortic
• Sclerosis, sclerotic › aorta, aortic
• Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › aorta (ascending) (supraventricular) (congenital) › arteriosclerotic
• Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › aorta (ascending) (supraventricular) (congenital) › calcified
• Stricture › aorta (ascending) (congenital) › arteriosclerotic
• Stricture › aorta (ascending) (congenital) › calcified

Nearby codes

• I70 Atherosclerosis
• I70.0 Atherosclerosis of aorta (this code)
• 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
• I70.202 Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, left leg