2018

  1. ICD-10-CM Codes
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  2. I00-I99 Diseases of the circulatory system
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  3. I70-I79 Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries
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  4. I77- Other disorders of arteries and arterioles
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2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I77.81

Aortic ectasia

Applicable To
  • Ectasis aorta
Type 1 Excludes
Type 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as I77.81. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
  • aortic aneurysm and dissection (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I71.0

    Dissection of aorta

      2016 2017 2018 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    I71.0-
    )
The following code(s) above I77.81 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to I77.81:
  • I00-I99
    2018 ICD-10-CM Range I00-I99

    Diseases of the circulatory system

    Type 2 Excludes
    • 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.-)
    Diseases of the circulatory system
  • I77
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I77

    Other disorders of arteries and arterioles

      2016 2017 2018 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 2 Excludes
    • collagen (vascular) diseases (M30-M36)
    • hypersensitivity angiitis (M31.0)
    • pulmonary artery (I28.-)
    Other disorders of arteries and arterioles
Code History
Code annotations containing back-references to I77.81:
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To I77.81
I77.70 Dissection of unspecified artery
I77.71 Dissection of carotid artery
I77.72 Dissection of iliac artery
I77.73 Dissection of renal artery
I77.74 Dissection of vertebral artery
I77.75 Dissection of other precerebral arteries
I77.76 Dissection of artery of upper extremity
I77.77 Dissection of artery of lower extremity
I77.79 Dissection of other specified artery
I77.8 Other specified disorders of arteries and arterioles
I77.81 Aortic ectasia
I77.810 Thoracic aortic ectasia
I77.811 Abdominal aortic ectasia
I77.812 Thoracoabdominal aortic ectasia
I77.819 …… unspecified site
I77.89 Other specified disorders of arteries and arterioles
I77.9 Disorder of arteries and arterioles, unspecified
I78 Diseases of capillaries
I78.0 Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
I78.1 Nevus, non-neoplastic
I78.8 Other diseases of capillaries

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