I77.81Non-billable
Aortic ectasia
Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system
Inclusion Terms
1 item
Inclusion Terms
- •Ectasis aorta
Excludes1
1 item
Excludes1
- •aortic aneurysm and dissection (I71.-)
Coding Guidance
I77.81 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 history of abdominal aortic aneurysm
history of abdominal aortic aneurysm
View TemplatesPersonal history of abdominal aortic aneurysm
View documentation for tortuous aorta
tortuous aorta
View TemplatesTortuous Aorta
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:
Excludes2
13 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.-)