Block in Chapter 9
I70–I79
Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 9 Diseases of the circulatory system
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)
Categories in this block 10
- I70Atherosclerosis
- I71Aortic aneurysm and dissection
- I72Other aneurysm
- I73Other peripheral vascular diseases
- I74Arterial embolism and thrombosis
- I75Atheroembolism
- I76Septic arterial embolismBillable
- I77Other disorders of arteries and arterioles
- I78Diseases of capillaries
- I79Disorders of arteries, arterioles and capillaries in diseases classified elsewhere