I70.8 Atherosclerosis of other arteries

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)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 440.8 Atherosclerosis of other specified arteries (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 I70.8

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 I70.8

• Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic (diffuse) (obliterans) (of) (senile) (with calcification) › retina (vascular)
• Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic (diffuse) (obliterans) (of) (senile) (with calcification) › specified artery NEC
• Retinopathy (background) › arteriosclerotic
• Retinopathy (background) › atherosclerotic
• Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › artery NEC › celiac (compression) › arteriosclerotic
• Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › artery NEC › celiac (compression) › atherosclerosis
• Stricture › artery › celiac (compression) › arteriosclerotic
• Stricture › artery › celiac (compression) › atherosclerosis

Nearby codes

• 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
• I70.8 Atherosclerosis of other arteries (this code)
• I70.9 Other and unspecified atherosclerosis
• I70.90 Unspecified atherosclerosis
• I70.91 Generalized atherosclerosis
• I70.92 Chronic total occlusion of artery of the extremities