I70.0

Atherosclerosis of aorta

Risk-adjusting (HCC)Billable code

HCC risk adjustment mapping

CMS-HCC ESRD V24

HCC108

Vascular Disease

Coding notes

Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist

Inherited from I70Atherosclerosis
Includes

arteriolosclerosis arterial degeneration arteriosclerosis arteriosclerotic vascular disease arteriovascular degeneration atheroma endarteritis deformans or obliterans senile arteritis senile endarteritis vascular degeneration

Excludes 2

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)

Use additional

code to identify: exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) tobacco dependence (F17.-) tobacco use (Z72.0)

Inherited from chapter 9Diseases of the circulatory system
Excludes 2

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) neoplasms (C00-D49) symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)

Official Guidelines for I70.0

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