I77.2 Rupture of artery

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Erosion of artery
• Fistula of artery
• Ulcer of artery

Excludes1 (never code together)

• traumatic rupture of artery - see injury of blood vessel by body region

Applies from I77 Other disorders of arteries and arterioles

Excludes2 (not included here)

• collagen (vascular) diseases (M30-M36)
• hypersensitivity angiitis (M31.0)
• pulmonary artery (I28.-)

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)

• 447.2 Rupture of artery

Diagnosis Index entries for I77.2

• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › atheromatous
• Arteritis › suppurative
• Erosion › artery
• Fistula (cutaneous) › aorta-duodenal
• Fistula (cutaneous) › artery
• Rupture, ruptured › artery
• Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative › artery

Nearby codes

• I77 Other disorders of arteries and arterioles
• I77.0 Arteriovenous fistula, acquired
• I77.1 Stricture of artery
• I77.2 Rupture of artery (this code)
• I77.3 Arterial fibromuscular dysplasia
• I77.4 Celiac artery compression syndrome
• I77.5 Necrosis of artery
• I77.6 Arteritis, unspecified
• I77.7 Other arterial dissection