ICD-10-CM Codes
I00-I99 Diseases of the circulatory system
I70-I79 Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries
Atheroembolism I75

Atheroembolism I75-

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atherothrombotic microembolism
cholesterol embolism

Clinical Information

Blocking of a blood vessel by cholesterol-rich atheromatous deposits, generally occurring in the flow from a large artery to small arterial branches. It is also called arterial-arterial embolization or atheroembolism which may be spontaneous or iatrogenic. Patients with spontaneous atheroembolism often have painful, cyanotic digits of acute onset.

Codes

I75 Atheroembolism
- I75.0 Atheroembolism of extremities
  - I75.01 Atheroembolism of upper extremity
    - I75.011 Atheroembolism of right upper extremity
    - I75.012 Atheroembolism of left upper extremity
    - I75.013 Atheroembolism of bilateral upper extremities
    - I75.019 Atheroembolism of unspecified upper extremity
  - I75.02 Atheroembolism of lower extremity
    - I75.021 Atheroembolism of right lower extremity
    - I75.022 Atheroembolism of left lower extremity
    - I75.023 Atheroembolism of bilateral lower extremities
    - I75.029 Atheroembolism of unspecified lower extremity
- I75.8 Atheroembolism of other sites
  - I75.81 Atheroembolism of kidney
  - I75.89 Atheroembolism of other site