Is I74.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. I74.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does I74.4 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I70-I79).

I74.4

I74.4 — Embolism and thrombosis of arteries of extremities, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I74.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for embolism and thrombosis of arteries of extremities, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Peripheral arterial embolism NOS

Risk adjustment

I74.4 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

HCC 264 Vascular Disease with Complications0.455 RAF

Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.

Medicare coverage

I74.4 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies — 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A52868Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
A56697Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
A56697Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
A56775Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography

How I74.4 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 I74.4.

Embolism›peripheral artery NOS
Thrombosis, thrombotic›peripheral arteries
Embolism›artery›extremity
Embolism›artery›limb
Embolism›artery›peripheral
Thrombosis, thrombotic›artery, arteries›limb
Occlusion, occluded›artery›peripheral›thrombotic or embolic

Related codes at this level

Codes that share I74. If I74.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about I74.4

Is I74.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. I74.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does I74.4 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I70-I79).