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ICD-10-CM Code for Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of other extremity with ulceration I70.55

ICD-10 code I70.55 for Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of other extremity with ulceration is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the circulatory system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of other extremity with ulceration
Includes: any condition classifiable to I70.518, I70.528, and I70.538
Use additional code to identify severity of ulcer (L98.49)

I70.5

Use additional code, if applicable, to identify chronic total occlusion of artery of extremity (I70.92)

I70

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

Excludes2: 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)

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Vascular Procedure - Need coding help
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Denial on 37246 and 36252
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Aortoiliac angiogram and additional procedures
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Aortoiliac angiogram and additional procedures
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