The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Parent Codes Referenced:

I00-I99(Chapter 9)I70(Atherosclerosis)

Includes

10 items

From I70:

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arteriolosclerosis
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arterial degeneration
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arteriosclerosis
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arteriosclerotic vascular disease
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arteriovascular degeneration
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atheroma
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endarteritis deformans or obliterans
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senile arteritis
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senile endarteritis
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vascular degeneration

Excludes2

18 items

From I00-I99:

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certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
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certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
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complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
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congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
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endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
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injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
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neoplasms (C00-D49)
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symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
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systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
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transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)

From I70:

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arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (I25.1-)
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arteriosclerotic heart disease (I25.1-)
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atheroembolism (I75.-)
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cerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2)
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coronary atherosclerosis (I25.1-)
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mesenteric atherosclerosis (K55.1)
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precerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2)
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primary pulmonary atherosclerosis (I27.0)

Use Additional Code

6 items

From I70:

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code to identify:
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exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
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history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
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occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
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tobacco dependence (F17.-)
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tobacco use (Z72.0)

I70.8
Billable

Atherosclerosis of other arteries

Billable Code

Referenced in Diagnoses

Additional Information from Parent Codes

Parent Codes Referenced:

Includes

From I70:

Excludes2

From I00-I99:

From I70:

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From I70:

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I70.8Billable

Atherosclerosis of other arteries

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Parent Codes Referenced:

Includes

From I70:

Excludes2

From I00-I99:

From I70:

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From I70:

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I70.8
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