I70.21
I70.21 — Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with intermittent claudication
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I70.21 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with intermittent claudication. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
I70.21 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.
Code to one of these instead I70.21
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- I70.211Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with intermittent claudication, right leg
- I70.212Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with intermittent claudication, left leg
- I70.213Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with intermittent claudication, bilateral legs
- I70.218Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with intermittent claudication, other extremity
- I70.219Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with intermittent claudication, unspecified extremity
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I70.2. If I70.21 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I70.20Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities
- I70.22Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with rest pain
- I70.23Atherosclerosis of native arteries of right leg with ulceration
- I70.24Atherosclerosis of native arteries of left leg with ulceration
- I70.25Atherosclerosis of native arteries of other extremities with ulceration
- I70.26Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with gangrene
- I70.29Other atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities
Questions about I70.21
- Is I70.21 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I70.21 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I70.21 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I70-I79).