I70.50
I70.50 — Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I70.50 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
I70.50 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 I70.50
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- I70.501Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, right leg
- I70.502Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, left leg
- I70.503Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, bilateral legs
- I70.508Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, other extremity
- I70.509Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, unspecified extremity
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I70.5. If I70.50 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I70.51Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities intermittent claudication
- I70.52Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities with rest pain
- I70.53Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration
- I70.54Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the left leg with ulceration
- I70.55Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of other extremity with ulceration
- I70.56Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities with gangrene
- I70.59Other atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
Questions about I70.50
- Is I70.50 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I70.50 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I70.50 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I70-I79).