by Find-A-Code™
Jan 16th, 2018
The following information is according to Novitas Solutions L35084.
Lower extremity arteries (abdominal aorta, iliac, superficial femoral and infrapopliteal arteries): This includes:
- Lifestyle-limiting claudication
- Focal hemodynamically significant lesion
- Ischemic rest pain
- Non-healing tissue ulceration
- Focal gangrene
Stent placement in infrapopliteal vessels is not expected to be often indicated and in those cases the rationale for stent placement must be explained in the record.
CPT codes:
ICD-10-CM codes:
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- E13.59 - Other specified diabetes mellitus with other circulatory complications
- I70.0 - Atherosclerosis of aorta
- Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with intermittent claudication
- Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with rest pain
- Atherosclerosis of native arteries of right leg with ulceration
- Atherosclerosis of native arteries of left leg with ulceration
- I70.25 - Atherosclerosis of native arteries of other extremities with ulceration
- Atherosclerosis of native arteries of extremities with gangrene
- I71.02 - Dissection of abdominal aorta
- I72.4 - Aneurysm of artery of lower extremity
- Embolism and thrombosis of arteries
- I77.72 - Dissection of iliac artery
- I77.73 - Dissection of renal artery
- Q25.3 - Supravalvular aortic stenosis
- Q25.9 - Congenital malformation of great arteries, unspecified