I74.10
Embolism and thrombosis of unspecified parts of aorta
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 2 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 23 never code together
I74code
Excludes2
- atheroembolism (I75.-)I75.-
- basilar embolism and thrombosis (I63.0-I63.2, I65.1)I63.0-I63.2I65.1
- carotid embolism and thrombosis (I63.0-I63.2, I65.2)I63.0-I63.2I65.2
- cerebral embolism and thrombosis (I63.3-I63.5, I66.-)I63.3-I63.5I66.-
- coronary embolism and thrombosis (I21-I25)I21-I25
- mesenteric embolism and thrombosis (K55.0-)K55.0-
- ophthalmic embolism and thrombosis (H34.-)H34.-
- precerebral embolism and thrombosis NOS (I63.0-I63.2, I65.9)I63.0-I63.2I65.9
- pulmonary embolism and thrombosis (I26.-)I26.-
- renal embolism and thrombosis (N28.0)N28.0
- retinal embolism and thrombosis (H34.-)H34.-
- septic embolism and thrombosis (I76)I76
- vertebral embolism and thrombosis (I63.0-I63.2, I65.0)I63.0-I63.2I65.0
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 6
Index entries leading here 2
Alongside this code 2 same parent — I74.1
Medications 2
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
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