ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
I70.69 Other atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
Header codeNot billable: use one of the 5 billable codes below
About I70.69
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Coding notes for I70.69
No notes of its own; the notes below apply from the codes above it.
Also applies, from I70.6 Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities
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 I70.69 5
- I70.691 Other atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, right legBillable
- I70.692 Other atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, left legBillable
- I70.693 Other atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, bilateral legsBillable
- I70.698 Other atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, other extremityBillable
- I70.699 Other atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities, unspecified extremityBillable
Related codes in I70.6
- I70.60 Unspecified atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremitiesHeader
- I70.61 Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities with intermittent claudicationHeader
- I70.62 Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities with rest painHeader
- I70.63 Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the right leg with ulcerationHeader
- I70.64 Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the left leg with ulcerationHeader
- I70.65 Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of other extremity with ulcerationBillable
- I70.66 Atherosclerosis of nonbiological bypass graft(s) of the extremities with gangreneHeader
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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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