I70.518 — Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication, other extremity
I70.518 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication, other extremity. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I70.518
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of I70.518, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Written on I70 — Atherosclerosis
Other codes that can never be billed with I70.518
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at I70.518. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading I70.518 alone.
- I77.6Arteritis, unspecified
Risk adjustment
I70.518 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
I70.518 is named in 24 Medicare coverage policies — 24 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- 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
- A56423Billing and Coding: Cardiology Non-emergent Outpatient Stress Testing
How I70.518 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 I70.518.
- Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic›extremities›bypass graft›nonautologous biological graft›specified NEC›with›intermittent claudication
Code history
I70.518 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I70.51. If I70.518 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I70.511Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication, right leg
- I70.512Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication, left leg
- I70.513Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication, bilateral legs
- I70.519Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication, unspecified extremity
Questions about I70.518
- Is I70.518 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I70.518 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I70.518 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I70-I79).