I70.53
I70.53 — Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright
I70.53 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code to identify severity of ulcer (L97.-)
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
Risk adjustment
I70.53 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 I70.53
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- I70.531Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration of thigh
- I70.532Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration of calf
- I70.533Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration of ankle
- I70.534Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration of heel and midfoot
- I70.535Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration of other part of foot
- I70.538Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration of other part of lower leg
- I70.539Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration of unspecified site
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I70.5. If I70.53 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I70.50Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
- 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
- I70.54Atherosclerosis 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 I70.53
- Is I70.53 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I70.53 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I70.53 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I70-I79).