ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
I74.9 Embolism and thrombosis of unspecified artery
BillableValid for claims as a specific diagnosis code
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Coding notes for I74.9
No notes of its own; the notes below apply from the codes above it.
Also applies, from I74 Arterial embolism and thrombosis
Includes Conditions this code covers.
- embolic infarction
- embolic occlusion
- thrombotic infarction
- thrombotic occlusion
Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.
- atheroembolism (I75.-)
- basilar embolism and thrombosis (I63.0-I63.2, I65.1)
- carotid embolism and thrombosis (I63.0-I63.2, I65.2)
- cerebral embolism and thrombosis (I63.3-I63.5, I66.-)
- coronary embolism and thrombosis (I21-I25)
- mesenteric embolism and thrombosis (K55.0-)
- ophthalmic embolism and thrombosis (H34.-)
- precerebral embolism and thrombosis NOS (I63.0-I63.2, I65.9)
- pulmonary embolism and thrombosis (I26.-)
- renal embolism and thrombosis (N28.0)
- retinal embolism and thrombosis (H34.-)
- septic embolism and thrombosis (I76)
- vertebral embolism and thrombosis (I63.0-I63.2, I65.0)
Code first Report the underlying condition's code before this one.
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 I74
- I74.0 Embolism and thrombosis of abdominal aortaHeader
- I74.1 Embolism and thrombosis of other and unspecified parts of aortaHeader
- I74.2 Embolism and thrombosis of arteries of the upper extremitiesBillable
- I74.3 Embolism and thrombosis of arteries of the lower extremitiesBillable
- I74.4 Embolism and thrombosis of arteries of extremities, unspecifiedBillable
- I74.5 Embolism and thrombosis of iliac arteryBillable
- I74.8 Embolism and thrombosis of other arteriesBillable
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