I70.211
Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with intermittent claudication, right leg
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
valid age >= 15
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-I70.79
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
I70.2code
Inclusion terms
- Mönckeberg's (medial) sclerosis
Use additional code
- code, if applicable, to identify chronic total occlusion of artery of extremity (I70.92)I70.92
I70code
Includes
- arteriolosclerosis
- arterial degeneration
- arteriosclerosis
- arteriosclerotic vascular disease
- arteriovascular degeneration
- atheroma
- endarteritis deformans or obliterans
- senile arteritis
- senile endarteritis
- vascular degeneration
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 4 same parent — I70.21
Medications 1
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Additional references
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