I70 - Atherosclerosis

The ICD 10 Code for Atherosclerosis is listed as I70.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	I70
Description:	Atherosclerosis Includes: arteriolosclerosis arterial degeneration arteriosclerosis arteriosclerotic vascular disease arteriovascular degeneration atheroma endarteritis deformans or obliterans senile arteritis senile endarteritis vascular degeneration Use additional code to identify: exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) history of tobacco use (Z87.891) occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) tobacco dependence (F17.-) tobacco use (Z72.0) Excludes2: 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)

Chapter	Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of I70:
I70.0 - Atherosclerosis of aorta
I70.1 - Atherosclerosis of renal artery
I70.2 - Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities
I70.3 - Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.4 - Atherosclerosis of autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.5 - Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.6 - Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.7 - Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
I70.8 - Atherosclerosis of other arteries
I70.9 - Other and unspecified atherosclerosis