I72.6
Aneurysm of vertebral artery
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 29 never code together
I72code
Excludes2
- acquired aneurysm (I77.0)I77.0
- aneurysm (of) aorta (I71.-)I71.-
- aneurysm (of) arteriovenous NOS (Q27.3-)Q27.3-
- carotid artery dissection (I77.71)I77.71
- cerebral (nonruptured) aneurysm (I67.1)I67.1
- coronary aneurysm (I25.4)I25.4
- coronary artery dissection (I25.42)I25.42
- dissection of artery NEC (I77.79)I77.79
- dissection of precerebral artery, congenital (nonruptured) (Q28.1)Q28.1
- heart aneurysm (I25.3)I25.3
- iliac artery dissection (I77.72)I77.72
- precerebral artery, congential (nonruptured) (Q28.1)Q28.1
- pulmonary artery aneurysm (I28.1)I28.1
- renal artery dissection (I77.73)I77.73
- retinal aneurysm (H35.0)H35.0
- ruptured cerebral aneurysm (I60.7)I60.7
- varicose aneurysm (I77.0)I77.0
- vertebral artery dissection (I77.74)I77.74
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 1
I72code
Includes
- aneurysm (cirsoid) (false) (ruptured)
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 8 same parent — I72
I72.0 Aneurysm of carotid artery I72.1 Aneurysm of artery of upper extremity I72.2 Aneurysm of renal artery I72.3 Aneurysm of iliac artery I72.4 Aneurysm of artery of lower extremity I72.5 Aneurysm of other precerebral arteries I72.8 Aneurysm of other specified arteries I72.9 Aneurysm of unspecified site
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