I70.201 — Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, right leg
I70.201 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, right leg. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
I70.201 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
I70.201 is named in 25 Medicare coverage policies — 25 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
- A56232Billing and Coding: Foot Care
- A56476Billing and Coding: Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging
- A56675Billing and Coding: Homocysteine Level, Serum
How I70.201 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to I70.201.
- Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic›extremities›leg›right
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I70.20. If I70.201 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I70.202Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, left leg
- I70.203Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, bilateral legs
- I70.208Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, other extremity
- I70.209Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, unspecified extremity
Questions about I70.201
- Is I70.201 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I70.201 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I70.201 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I70-I79).