I70.738 - Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration of other part of lower leg
ICD-10-CM Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system · I70-I79 Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I70-I79) · Subcategory of I70.73 · FY2027
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
Conditions this code covers.
- any condition classifiable to I70.711 and I70.721
- chronic limb-threatening ischemia of other type of bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration
- critical limb ischemia of other type of bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- code to identify severity of ulcer (L97.-)
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- code, if applicable, to identify chronic total occlusion of artery of extremity (I70.92)
Conditions this code covers.
- arteriolosclerosis
- arterial degeneration
- arteriosclerosis
- arteriosclerotic vascular disease
- arteriovascular degeneration
- atheroma
- endarteritis deformans or obliterans
- senile arteritis
- senile endarteritis
- vascular degeneration
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- 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)
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- 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)
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- 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.-)
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Codes at the same level as I70.738
- Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration of thighI70.731
- Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration of calfI70.732
- Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration of ankleI70.733
- Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration of heel and midfootI70.734
- Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration of other part of footI70.735
- Atherosclerosis of other type of bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration of unspecified siteI70.739