I70.503 Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, bilateral legs

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)

Applies from I70.5 Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities

Use additional code

• code, if applicable, to identify chronic total occlusion of artery of extremity (I70.92)

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)

• 440.32 Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft of the extremities (approximate)

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 I70.503

Back-references to I70.5

• Code First: I70.92 Chronic total occlusion of artery of the extremities ("atherosclerosis of arteries of the extremities (I70.2-, I70.3-, I70.4-, I70.5-, I70.6-, I70.7-)")

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 I70.503

• Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic (diffuse) (obliterans) (of) (senile) (with calcification) › extremities (native arteries) › bypass graft › nonautologous biological graft › leg › bilateral

Nearby codes

• I70.499 Other atherosclerosis of autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the extremities, unspecified extremity
• I70.5 Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
• I70.50 Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
• I70.501 Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, right leg
• I70.502 Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, left leg
• I70.503 Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, bilateral legs (this code)
• I70.508 Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, other extremity
• I70.509 Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, unspecified extremity
• I70.51 Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities intermittent claudication
• I70.511 Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication, right leg
• I70.512 Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication, left leg