I70.31
I70.31 — Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I70.31 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
I70.31 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 I70.31
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- I70.311Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication, right leg
- I70.312Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication, left leg
- I70.313Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication, bilateral legs
- I70.318Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication, other extremity
- I70.319Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication, unspecified extremity
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I70.3. If I70.31 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I70.30Unspecified atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- I70.32Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with rest pain
- I70.33Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration
- I70.34Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the left leg with ulceration
- I70.35Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of other extremity with ulceration
- I70.36Atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with gangrene
- I70.39Other atherosclerosis of unspecified type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities
Questions about I70.31
- Is I70.31 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I70.31 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I70.31 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I70-I79).