I70.539
Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulceration of unspecified site
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
valid age >= 15
This is the unspecified option. 6 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 18 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
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 17
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 6 same parent — I70.53
I70.531 Athscl nonaut bio bypass of the right leg w ulcer of thigh I70.532 Athscl nonaut bio bypass of the right leg w ulcer of calf I70.533 Athscl nonaut bio bypass of the right leg w ulcer of ankle I70.534 Athscl nonaut bio bypass of r leg w ulcer of heel and midft I70.535 Athscl nonaut bio bypass of right leg w ulcer oth prt foot I70.538 Athscl nonaut bio bypass of r leg w ulcer oth prt low leg
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