I70.218

I70.218: Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with intermittent claudication, other extremity

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I70.218 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with intermittent claudication, other extremity. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check I70.218 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I70.218

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

Written on I70.2: Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities

atherosclerosis of bypass graft of extremities (I70.30-I70.79)

Written on I70: Atherosclerosis

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)

Other codes that can never be billed with I70.218

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

I77.6Arteritis, unspecified

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

I70.218 is named in 27 Medicare coverage policies: 27 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
A56384Billing and Coding: Supervised Exercise Therapy for the Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease with Symptomatic Lower Extremity Intermittent Claudication
A56423Billing and Coding: Cardiology Non-emergent Outpatient Stress Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic›extremities›specified site NEC›with›intermittent claudication

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.