I70.1
I70.1: Atherosclerosis of renal artery
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
I70.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for atherosclerosis of renal artery. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check I70.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- atherosclerosis of renal arterioles (I12.-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Goldblatt's kidney
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I70.1
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on I70: Atherosclerosis
Other codes that can never be billed with I70.1
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
I70.1 is named in 19 Medicare coverage policies: 19 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A56423Billing and Coding: Cardiology Non-emergent Outpatient Stress Testing
- A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A56675Billing and Coding: Homocysteine Level, Serum
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Goldblatt's hypertension or kidney
- Hypertension, hypertensive›Goldblatt's
- Stenosis, stenotic›renal artery
- Stricture›renal artery
- Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic›renal›artery
- Stenosis, stenotic›artery NEC›renal
- Stricture›artery›renal
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under I70
- I70.0Atherosclerosis of aorta
- I70.2Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities
- I70.3Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.4Atherosclerosis of autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.5Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.6Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.7Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.8Atherosclerosis of other arteries
- I70.9Other and unspecified atherosclerosis