Back to HomeBeta

I70.0
Billable

Atherosclerosis of aorta

Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system

Billable Code

I70.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

View documentation for abdominal aorta atherosclerosis
abdominal aorta atherosclerosis
View Templates

Atherosclerosis of the Abdominal Aorta

View documentation for abdominal aortic atherosclerosis
abdominal aortic atherosclerosis
View Templates

Atherosclerosis of aorta

View documentation for aortic atherosclerosis
aortic atherosclerosis
View Templates

Atherosclerosis of aorta

View documentation for aortic calcification
aortic calcification
View Templates

Aortic Calcification

View documentation for aortoiliac atherosclerosis
aortoiliac atherosclerosis
View Templates

Atherosclerosis of the Aorta and Iliac Arteries

View documentation for atherosclerosis abdominal aorta
atherosclerosis abdominal aorta
View Templates

Atherosclerosis of the Abdominal Aorta

View documentation for atherosclerosis of aorta
atherosclerosis of aorta
View Templates

Atherosclerosis of the Aorta

View documentation for atherosclerosis of the aorta
atherosclerosis of the aorta
View Templates

Atherosclerosis of the Aorta

View documentation for atherosclerosis of thoracic aorta
atherosclerosis of thoracic aorta
View Templates

Atherosclerosis of the Thoracic Aorta

View documentation for calcification of aorta
calcification of aorta
View Templates

Atherosclerosis of Aorta

View documentation for calcification of the aorta
calcification of the aorta
View Templates

Aortic Calcification

Additional Information from Parent Codes

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.

Includes

10 items

From I70:

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

Excludes2

18 items

From I00-I99:

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

From I70:

  • 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

6 items

From I70:

  • 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)
Ask about any ICD-10 CM code, or paste a medical note

We build tools for
clinician happiness.

Learn More at Freed.ai
Back to HomeBeta

Built by Freed

Try Freed for free for 7 days.

Learn more