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ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

I77.74 Dissection of vertebral artery

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About I77.74

Code
I77.74
Billable
Yes
Short description
Dissection of vertebral artery
Category
I77 Other disorders of arteries and arterioles
Block
I70-I79 Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries
Chapter
9 Diseases of the circulatory system
Code set
FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027

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Coding notes for I77.74

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

  • aneurysm of vertebral artery (I72.6)

Also applies, from I77.7 Other arterial dissection

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

  • dissection of aorta (I71.0-)
  • dissection of coronary artery (I25.42)

Also applies, from I77 Other disorders of arteries and arterioles

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

  • collagen (vascular) diseases (M30-M36)
  • hypersensitivity angiitis (M31.0)
  • pulmonary artery (I28.-)
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 I77.7

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