I74.0Embolism and thrombosis of abdominal aorta

I74.0 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for embolism and thrombosis of abdominal aorta. It belongs to category I74 (arterial embolism and thrombosis), block I70-I79 (diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries) and chapter 9 (diseases of the circulatory system). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within I74 (arterial embolism and thrombosis), I74.0 is specifically for embolism and thrombosis of abdominal aorta. Related codes cover other and unspecified parts of aorta (I74.1), arteries of the upper extremities (I74.2), arteries of the lower extremities (I74.3), arteries of extremities, unspecified (I74.4), iliac artery (I74.5), other arteries (I74.8) and unspecified artery (I74.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: I74.01 (aorta) and I74.09 (aorta).

Code first: embolism and thrombosis complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2) and embolism and thrombosis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.-).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.