I70.608 — Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, other extremity
I70.608 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, other extremity. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
I70.608 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
I70.608 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies — 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56476Billing and Coding: Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging
- A56675Billing and Coding: Homocysteine Level, Serum
- A56680Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
- A56758Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
How I70.608 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 I70.608.
- Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic›extremities›bypass graft›nonbiological graft›specified NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I70.60. If I70.608 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I70.601Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, right leg
- I70.602Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, left leg
- I70.603Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, bilateral legs
- I70.609Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, unspecified extremity
Questions about I70.608
- Is I70.608 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I70.608 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I70.608 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I70-I79).