ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
I70.23 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of right leg with ulceration
Header codeNot billable: use one of the 7 billable codes below
About I70.23
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Coding notes for I70.23
Includes Conditions this code covers.
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- code to identify severity of ulcer (L97.-)
Also applies, from I70.2 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities
Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.
Use additional code Add a second code for the detail named here.
- code, if applicable, to identify chronic total occlusion of artery of extremity (I70.92)
Also applies, from I70 Atherosclerosis
Includes Conditions this code covers.
- arteriolosclerosis
- arterial degeneration
- arteriosclerosis
- arteriosclerotic vascular disease
- arteriovascular degeneration
- atheroma
- endarteritis deformans or obliterans
- senile arteritis
- senile endarteritis
- vascular degeneration
Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.
Use additional code Add a second code for the detail named here.
Chapter 9 notes (apply to every code in it)
Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.
- 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.-)
Codes under I70.23 7
- I70.231 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of right leg with ulceration of thighBillable
- I70.232 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of right leg with ulceration of calfBillable
- I70.233 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of right leg with ulceration of ankleBillable
- I70.234 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of right leg with ulceration of heel and midfootBillable
- I70.235 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of right leg with ulceration of other part of footBillable
- I70.238 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of right leg with ulceration of other part of lower legBillable
- I70.239 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of right leg with ulceration of unspecified siteBillable
Related codes in I70.2
- I70.20 Unspecified atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremitiesHeader
- I70.21 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with intermittent claudicationHeader
- I70.22 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with rest painHeader
- I70.24 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of left leg with ulcerationHeader
- I70.25 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of other extremities with ulcerationBillable
- I70.26 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with gangreneHeader
- I70.29 Other atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremitiesHeader
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See 2MM+ plansICD-10-CM FY2027 code set, as published by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and CMS, effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. Codes, titles and notes are shown as published. Check payer rules and the official guidelines before billing. This page is not medical advice.
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