I70.229 — Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with rest pain, unspecified extremity
I70.229 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with rest pain, unspecified extremity. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
I70.229 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 264 Vascular Disease with Complications0.455 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.
Medicare coverage
I70.229 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies — 6 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
- A56680Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
- A57174Billing and Coding: MolDX: Pharmacogenomics Testing
- A57188Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
How I70.229 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 I70.229.
- Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic›with›critical limb ischemia›leg
- Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic›extremities›leg›with›rest pain(and intermittent claudication)
- Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic›with›critical limb ischemia›leg›with›rest pain(and intermittent claudication)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I70.22. If I70.229 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I70.221Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with rest pain, right leg
- I70.222Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with rest pain, left leg
- I70.223Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with rest pain, bilateral legs
- I70.228Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with rest pain, other extremity
Questions about I70.229
- Is I70.229 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I70.229 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I70.229 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I70-I79).