ICD-10: I70
Atherosclerosis
Clinical Information
Includes
- atheroma
- senile arteritis
- senile endarteritis
- endarteritis deformans or obliterans
- arteriolosclerosis
- vascular degeneration
- arterial degeneration
- arteriosclerotic vascular disease
- arteriovascular degeneration
- arteriosclerosis
Coding Guidelines
Use Additional Code
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
- tobacco use (Z72.0)
- code to identify:
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
Excludes 2
- primary pulmonary atherosclerosis (I27.0)
- coronary atherosclerosis (I25.1-)
- arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (I25.1-)
- arteriosclerotic heart disease (I25.1-)
- atheroembolism (I75.-)
- mesenteric atherosclerosis (K55.1)
- precerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2)
- cerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2)
Subcategories
I70.6
Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.2
Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities
I70.4
Atherosclerosis of autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.3
Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.5
Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.8
Atherosclerosis of other arteries
I70.7
Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.1
Atherosclerosis of renal artery
I70.9
Other and unspecified atherosclerosis
I70.0
Atherosclerosis of aorta
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