I70.298 — Other atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, other extremity
I70.298 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, other extremity. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
I70.298 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
I70.298 is named in 26 Medicare coverage policies — 26 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
- A56423Billing and Coding: Cardiology Non-emergent Outpatient Stress Testing
- A56423Billing and Coding: Cardiology Non-emergent Outpatient Stress Testing
- A56423Billing and Coding: Cardiology Non-emergent Outpatient Stress Testing
How I70.298 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 I70.298.
- Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic›extremities›specified site NEC›specified type NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I70.29. If I70.298 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I70.291Other atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, right leg
- I70.292Other atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, left leg
- I70.293Other atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, bilateral legs
- I70.299Other atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, unspecified extremity
Questions about I70.298
- Is I70.298 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I70.298 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I70.298 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I70-I79).