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Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 440.1
Atherosclerosis of renal artery
  • Short description: Renal artery atheroscler.
  • ICD-9-CM 440.1 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 440.1 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 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 440.1.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 440.1: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 440.1 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I70.1 Atherosclerosis of renal artery
Approximate Synonyms
  • Atherosclerosis of kidney artery
  • Atherosclerosis renal artery
  • Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis
  • Left renal artery stenosis
  • Renal artery stenosis, atherosclerotic
  • Right renal artery stenosis
440.1 Excludes
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 440.1:
  • Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic (artery) (deformans) (diffuse) (disease) (endarteritis) (general) (obliterans) (obliterative) (occlusive) (senile) (with calcification) 440.9
    • renal (see also Hypertension, kidney) 403.90
      • arterioles (see also Hypertension, kidney) 403.90
      • artery 440.1
  • Goldblatt's
    • hypertension 440.1
    • kidney 440.1
  • Stenosis (cicatricial) - see also Stricture
    • artery NEC (see also Arteriosclerosis) 447.1
      • basilar - see Narrowing, artery, basilar
      • carotid (common) (internal) - see Narrowing, artery, carotid
      • celiac 447.4
      • cerebral 437.0
        • due to
          • embolism (see also Embolism, brain) 434.1
          • thrombus (see also Thrombosis, brain) 434.0
      • extremities 440.20
      • precerebral - see Narrowing, artery, precerebral
      • pulmonary (congenital) 747.31
      • renal 440.1
      • vertebral - see Narrowing, artery, vertebral
    • renal artery 440.1
  • Stricture (see also Stenosis) 799.89
    • artery 447.1
      • basilar - see Narrowing, artery, basilar
      • carotid (common) (internal) - see Narrowing, artery, carotid
      • celiac 447.4
      • cerebral 437.0
        • congenital 747.81
        • due to
          • embolism (see also Embolism, brain) 434.1
          • thrombus (see also Thrombosis, brain) 434.0
      • congenital (peripheral) 747.60
      • coronary - see Arteriosclerosis, coronary
      • precerebral - see Narrowing, artery, precerebral NEC
      • pulmonary (congenital) 747.31
      • renal 440.1
      • vertebral - see Narrowing, artery, vertebral
    • renal artery 440.1
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