I70.2
Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 19 never code together
I70code
Excludes2
- arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (I25.1-)I25.1-
- arteriosclerotic heart disease (I25.1-)I25.1-
- atheroembolism (I75.-)I75.-
- cerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2)I67.2
- coronary atherosclerosis (I25.1-)I25.1-
- mesenteric atherosclerosis (K55.1)K55.1
- precerebral atherosclerosis (I67.2)I67.2
- primary pulmonary atherosclerosis (I27.0)I27.0
I70.2code
Excludes2
- atherosclerosis of bypass graft of extremities (I70.30-I70.79)I70.30-I70.79I70.30-I70.79
I00-I99chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)M30-M36
- transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)G45.-
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 18
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Alongside this code 9 same parent — I70
I70.0 Atherosclerosis of aorta I70.1 Atherosclerosis of renal artery I70.3 Athscl unsp type bypass graft(s) of the extremities category I70.4 Athscl autologous vein bypass graft(s) of the extremities category I70.5 Athscl nonautologous bio bypass graft(s) of the extremities category I70.6 Athscl nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities category I70.7 Athscl type of bypass graft(s) of the extremities category I70.8 Atherosclerosis of other arteries I70.9 Other and unspecified atherosclerosis category
Subordinate codes 8
I70.20 Unsp atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities I70.21 Athscl native arteries of extremities w intermittent claud I70.22 Athscl native arteries of extremities w rest pain I70.23 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of right leg w ulceration I70.24 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of left leg w ulceration I70.25 Athscl native arteries of extremities w ulceration I70.26 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities w gangrene I70.29 Other atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities
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