AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2016 Issue 4; ICD-10-CM NEW/REVISED CODES

Aneurysm and Dissection of Precerebral and Vertebral Arteries

New codes have been created to uniquely identify aneurysm of other precerebral artery (I72.5), and aneurysm of vertebral artery (I72.6). New codes have also been created to identify dissection of unspecified artery (I77.70), dissection of other precerebral arteries (I77.75), dissection of artery of upper extremity (I77.76), and dissection of artery of lower extremity (I77.77). Prior to this change, there were no ICD-10-CM codes to specifically describe an aneurysm or dissection of precerebral or vertebral arteries. Additionally, the title of code I77.79, Dissection of other artery, has been revised to “Dissection of...

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