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I25.110

I25.110: Atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery with unstable angina pectoris

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I25.110 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery with unstable angina pectoris. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • unstable angina without atherosclerotic heart disease (I20.0)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I25.110

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on I25.1: Atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery

  • atheroembolism (I75.-)
  • atherosclerosis of coronary artery bypass graft(s) and transplanted heart (I25.7-)

Written on I25: Chronic ischemic heart disease

  • non-ischemic myocardial injury (I5A)

Risk adjustment

I25.110 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

  • HCC 229 Unstable Angina and Other Acute Ischemic Heart Disease0.240 RAF

Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.

Medicare coverage

I25.110 is named in 43 Medicare coverage policies: 43 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
  • A52992Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Cerebrovascular Arterial Studies
  • A56423Billing and Coding: Cardiology Non-emergent Outpatient Stress Testing
  • A56425Billing and Coding: B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic›coronary›native vessel›with›angina pectoris›unstable

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under I25.11

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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