I70.8

I70.8: Atherosclerosis of other arteries

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I70.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for atherosclerosis of other arteries. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check I70.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I70.8

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 I70.8

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

I70.8 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56232Billing and Coding: Foot Care
A56423Billing and Coding: Cardiology Non-emergent Outpatient Stress Testing
A56476Billing and Coding: Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging
A56675Billing and Coding: Homocysteine Level, Serum

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic›retina(vascular)
Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic›specified artery NEC
Retinopathy›arteriosclerotic
Retinopathy›atherosclerotic
Stenosis, stenotic›artery NEC›celiac›arteriosclerotic
Stenosis, stenotic›artery NEC›celiac›atherosclerosis
Stricture›artery›celiac›arteriosclerotic
Stricture›artery›celiac›atherosclerosis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.