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ICD-10-CM Code for Arteritis, unspecified I77.6

ICD-10 code I77.6 for Arteritis, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the circulatory system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Arteritis, unspecified
Aortitis NOS
Endarteritis NOS
Excludes1: arteritis or endarteritis:
aortic arch (M31.4)
cerebral NEC (I67.7)
coronary (I25.89)
deformans (I70.-)
giant cell (M31.5, M31.6)
obliterans (I70.-)
senile (I70.-)

I77

Excludes2: collagen (vascular) diseases (M30-M36)
hypersensitivity angiitis (M31.0)
pulmonary artery (I28.-)

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LAPAROSCOPIC, MEDIAN ARCUATE LIGAMENT RELEASE
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Upper Extremity Angio
Can someone please help me with the cath placement coding of this case? I am so confused because it looks like there were two different access sites, right common fem and right radial?? Procedure Ord... [ Read More ]
Stenting of RT Intenal Carotid Artery - diagnosis Dissection of rt ICA?
With or without distal embolic protection device? ICD is I77.71... [ Read More ]
Ectasia of iliac artery
Is there an ICD-10 code for Ectasia of iliac artery, more specific than I77.89? Linda... [ Read More ]
coding dilated atrium.
Hi,. when I am coding an echo looking up "left atrium mildy dilated. I am not sure if I should be coding I77.819 or I51.7. In the book or in encoder I was going to dilated,.dilation-see dilation. Di... [ Read More ]
Bil carotid artery stenosis I77.9 vs. I65.23
It does make sense. I believe the provider felt that an occlusion/stenosis are a disorder and if they are supposed to be coding to the most specific, then I65.23 is more specific than the unspecified... [ Read More ]
Bil carotid artery stenosis I77.9 vs. I65.23
A provider is asking why I77.9 Disorder of arteries and arterioles, unspecified maps to HCC 108 and I65.23 Occlusion & stenosis bilateral carotid arteries does not map to an HCC. Why is the "unspecif... [ Read More ]
ICD 10 Coding Question
I77.9 - [FONT=arial][SIZE=4]Disorder of arteries and arterioles, unspecified can be used - for conditions like [/SIZE][/FONT]Disorder of carotid artery also. there is no direct code . This is the nex... [ Read More ]
ICD 10 Coding Question
[QUOTE="Abhay.kumar, post: 463389, member: 214239"] I65.29 is for "Occlusion and stenosis of unspecified carotid artery" . without documentation of occlusion and stenosis in the progress note, how can... [ Read More ]
? What is the ICD 10 code for Ectasia Iliac Artery
I agree that there isn't a code for this, but I would use I77.89 rather than I77.9 since it is a specified condition.... [ Read More ]
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