I77.1

I77.1: Stricture of artery

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I77.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for stricture of artery. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check I77.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Narrowing of artery

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I77.1

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

Written on I77: Other disorders of arteries and arterioles

collagen (vascular) diseases (M30-M36)
hypersensitivity angiitis (M31.0)
pulmonary artery (I28.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

I77.1 is named in 18 Medicare coverage policies: 18 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52992Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Cerebrovascular Arterial Studies
A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
A56460Billing and Coding: Dialysis Access Maintenance
A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Compression›artery
Disease, diseased›obliterative vascular
Insufficiency, insufficient›arterial
Kink, kinking›artery
Narrowing›artery
Obliteration›artery
Obliteration›disease, arteriolar
Stenosis, stenotic›artery NEC
Stricture›artery
Torsion›aorta, acquired
Tortuous›artery
Disease, diseased›vascular›obliterative

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.