ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
I70.268 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with gangrene, other extremity
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About I70.268
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Coding notes for I70.268
No notes of its own; the notes below apply from the codes above it.
Also applies, from I70.26 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with gangrene
Includes Conditions this code covers.
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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.-)
Related codes in I70.26
- I70.261 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with gangrene, right legBillable
- I70.262 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with gangrene, left legBillable
- I70.263 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with gangrene, bilateral legsBillable
- I70.269 Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with gangrene, unspecified extremityBillable
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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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