ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
I79.1 Aortitis in diseases classified elsewhere
BillableValid for claims as a specific diagnosis code
About I79.1
- Code
- I79.1
- Billable
- Yes
- Short description
- Aortitis in diseases classified elsewhere
- Category
- I79 Disorders of arteries, arterioles and capillaries in diseases classified elsewhere
- 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 I79.1
Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).
- syphilitic aortitis (A52.02)
Code first Report the underlying condition's code before this one.
- underlying disease
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.-)
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