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Atherosclerosis of right leg with intermittent claudication Intermittent claudication of right lower limb co-occurrent and due to atherosclerosis ICD-10-CM I70.211 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group (s) (MS-DRG v38.0): 299 Peripheral vascular disorders with mcc
Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with intermittent claudication, right leg. 2016 2017 2018 2019 Billable/Specific Code Adult Dx (15-124 years) I70.211 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Peripheral vascular disease, unspecified 1 I73.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. 2 The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM I73.9 became effective on October 1, 2019. 3 This is the American ICD-10-CM version of I73.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 I73.9 may differ.
I70.203 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. Short description: Unsp athscl native arteries of extremities, bilateral legs. The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM I70.203 became effective on October 1, 2018.
It affects about 8.5 million Americans over the age of 40 and those who smoke or have diabetes are at a higher risk.1,2 “Peripheral arterial disease (PAD),” “peripheral vascular disease (PVD)”, “spasm of artery” and “intermittent claudication” are coded as I73.9. It is important to note that this code excludes atherosclerosis of the extremities (I70.2- – I70.7-). When atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis) is diagnosed by the clinician, the progress note should state “arteriosclerosis of” and the site including laterality, “arteriosclerotic” or “arteriosclerosis with” followed by the symptom or complication (for example, arteriosclerosis of the legs with intermittent claudication bilaterally). Arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis may be used interchangeably for documentation and coding purposes. Documentation of arteriosclerosis that lacks specificity is coded as I70.90.
ICD-10-CM presumes a causal relationship between “diabetes” with “peripheral angiopathy.” These conditions should be coded as related even in the absence of provider documentation explicitly linking them, unless documentation clearly states the conditions are unrelated. If the patient has atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities, use an additional code to provide additional details such as laterality and manifestations.
Atherosclerotic disease is a progressive disease. Therefore, avoid documenting “history of peripheral vascular disease” and instead consider “known peripheral arterial disease.” In support of such documentation, providers can use a Z code for patients who have had peripheral arterial bypass (Z95.828 Presence of other vascular implants and grafts) in addition to the ICD-10-CM code for PAD, I73.9.