I73.9
I73.9: Peripheral vascular disease, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
I73.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for peripheral vascular disease, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check I73.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Intermittent claudication
- Peripheral angiopathy NOS
- Spasm of artery
Other codes that can never be billed with I73.9
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- I96Gangrene, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
I73.9 is named in 21 Medicare coverage policies: 21 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
- A56232Billing and Coding: Foot Care
- A56619Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A56680Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Angiospasm(peripheral) (traumatic) (vessel)
- Angiospastic disease or edema
- Arteriospasm
- Claudication(intermittent)
- Microangiopathy(peripheral)
- Vasodilation
- Vasospasm(vasoconstriction)
- Angina›cruris
- Angiopathia, angiopathy›peripheral
- Change›vasomotor
- Charcot's›syndrome(intermittent claudication)
- Dilatation›vasomotor
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.