I70.79 Other atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities

Non-billable header with 5 child codes.

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 I70.7 Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities

Use additional code

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

Codes under I70.79

• I70.791 Other atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities, right leg
• I70.792 Other atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities, left leg
• I70.793 Other atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities, bilateral legs
• I70.798 Other atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities, other extremity
• I70.799 Other atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities, unspecified extremity

Code annotations containing back-references to I70.79

Back-references to I70.79

• Type 2 Excludes: I70.2 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities ("atherosclerosis of bypass graft of extremities (I70.30-I70.79)")

Back-references to I70.7

• 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-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: I73.9 Peripheral vascular disease, unspecified ("atherosclerosis of the extremities (I70.2--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.-)")

Nearby codes

• I70.761 Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with gangrene, right leg
• I70.762 Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with gangrene, left leg
• I70.763 Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with gangrene, bilateral legs
• I70.768 Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with gangrene, other extremity
• I70.769 Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with gangrene, unspecified extremity
• I70.79 Other atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities (this code)
• I70.791 Other atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities, right leg
• I70.792 Other atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities, left leg
• I70.793 Other atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities, bilateral legs
• I70.798 Other atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities, other extremity
• I70.799 Other atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities, unspecified extremity