I70.90

I70.90: Unspecified atherosclerosis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I70.90 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified atherosclerosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check I70.90 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I70.90

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

Written on I70.9: Other and unspecified atherosclerosis

disorders of pyrophosphate metabolism (E83.82-)

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 I70.90

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

I70.90 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies: 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57497Billing and Coding: Chest X-Ray Policynot covered
A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
A56232Billing and Coding: Foot Care
A56675Billing and Coding: Homocysteine Level, Serum

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic(diffuse) (obliterans) (of) (senile) (with calcification)
Atheroma, atheromatous
Fibrosis, fibrotic›capillary
Failure, failed›heart›arteriosclerotic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.