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