I70.713

I70.713: Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication, bilateral legs

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMbilateral

I70.713 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudication, bilateral legs. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check I70.713 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I70.713

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on I70: Atherosclerosis

arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (I25.1-)
arteriosclerotic heart disease (I25.1-)
atheroembolism (I75.-)
cerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2)
coronary atherosclerosis (I25.1-)
mesenteric atherosclerosis (K55.1)
precerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2)
primary pulmonary atherosclerosis (I27.0)

Other codes that can never be billed with I70.713

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

I77.6Arteritis, unspecified

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

I70.713 is named in 17 Medicare coverage policies: 17 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56232Billing and Coding: Foot Care
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
A56476Billing and Coding: Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic›extremities›bypass graft›specified graft NEC›leg›bilateral›with›intermittent claudication

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.