I70.21Non-billable
Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with intermittent claudication
Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system
Coding Guidance
I70.21 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for arterial insufficiency
arterial insufficiency
View TemplatesPeripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
View documentation for arteriosclerosis
arteriosclerosis
View TemplatesArteriosclerosis
View documentation for atherosclerosis of arteries of extremities
atherosclerosis of arteries of extremities
View TemplatesAtherosclerosis of arteries of extremities
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.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Inclusion Terms
1 item
Inclusion Terms
From I70.2:
- •Mönckeberg's (medial) sclerosis
Includes
10 items
Includes
From I70:
- •arteriolosclerosis
- •arterial degeneration
- •arteriosclerosis
- •arteriosclerotic vascular disease
- •arteriovascular degeneration
- •atheroma
- •endarteritis deformans or obliterans
- •senile arteritis
- •senile endarteritis
- •vascular degeneration
Excludes2
19 items
Excludes2
From I00-I99:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •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.-)
Use Additional Code
7 items
Use Additional Code
From I70.2:
- •code, if applicable, to identify chronic total occlusion of artery of extremity (I70.92)