ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
I73.9 Peripheral vascular disease, unspecified
BillableValid for claims as a specific diagnosis code
About I73.9
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Coding notes for I73.9
Applicable to Other names for conditions reported with this code.
- Intermittent claudication
- Peripheral angiopathy NOS
- Spasm of artery
Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).
Also applies, from I73 Other peripheral vascular diseases
Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.
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 I73
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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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