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Specific code 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 443.81
Peripheral angiopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
  • Short description: ANGIOPATHY IN OTHER DIS.
  • ICD-9-CM 443.81 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 443.81 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2008 version of ICD-9-CM 443.81.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 443.81: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 443.81 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I79.8 Other disorders of arteries, arterioles and capillaries in diseases classified elsewhere
Approximate Synonyms
  • Diabetes mellitus type 2 with complications
  • Diabetes type 1 with peripheral vascular disease
  • Diabetes type 1 with small vessel disease
  • Diabetes type 2 with circulation disorder
  • Diabetes type 2 with small vessel disease
  • Diabetic peripheral angiopathy
  • Diabetic peripheral vascular disorder due to secondary diabetes mellitus
  • DM 1 w diabetic peripheral vascular disease
  • DM 1 w diabetic small vessel disease
  • DM 2 w diabetic peripheral circulatory disorder
  • DM 2 W diabetic peripheral vascular disease
  • DM 2 w diabetic small vessel disease
  • Drug induced diabetes with peripheral vascular disease
  • Drug induced DM w diabetic peripheral vascular disease
  • Peripheral angiopathy due to diabetes
  • Peripheral angiopathy due to DM
  • Peripheral angiopathy due to type 1 diabetes mellitus
  • Peripheral angiopathy, secondary
  • Peripheral circulatory disorder associated with type II diabetes mellitus
  • Peripheral circulatory disorder due to type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Peripheral vascular disease without gangrene due to drug induced diabetes mellitus
  • Peripheral vascular disease, secondary
  • Secondary diabetes, with vascular disorder
  • Secondary DM w diabetic peripheral vascular disease
  • Secondary peripheral vascular disease
  • Small vessel disease due to type 1 diabetes mellitus
  • Small vessel disease due to type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Type II diabetes mellitus with peripheral angiopathy
Code First
  • Code first underlying disease, as:
    • diabetes mellitus (250.7)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 443.81:
  • Angiopathia, angiopathy 459.9
    • diabetic (peripheral) 250.7 [443.81]
  • Diabetes, diabetic (brittle) (congenital) (familial) (mellitus) (poorly controlled) (severe) (slight) (without complication) 250.0
    • angiopathy, peripheral 250.7 [443.81]
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • vascular 459.9
      • arteriosclerotic - see Arteriosclerosis
      • hypertensive - see Hypertension
      • obliterative 447.1
      • occlusive 459.9
      • peripheral (occlusive) 443.9
        • in diabetes mellitus 250.7 [443.81]
        • specified type NEC 443.89
  • Microangiopathy 443.9
 443.8 ICD9Data.com 443.82 
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