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Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 447.6
Arteritis, unspecified
  • Short description: Arteritis NOS.
  • ICD-9-CM 447.6 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 447.6 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 447.6.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 447.6: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 447.6 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I77.6 Arteritis, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • ANCA positive vasculitis
  • Arteritis
  • Glomerulonephritis due to antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody
  • Glomerulonephritis due to antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) positive vasculitis (disorder)
  • Vasculitis
  • Vasculitis, ANCA positive
  • Vasculitis, ANCA positive, w glomerulonephritis
  • Vasculitis, positive ANCA
  • Vasculitis, positive ANCA, with glomerulonephritis
447.6 Excludes
Applies To
  • Aortitis NOS
  • Endarteritis NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 447.6:
  • Angiitis 447.6
    • allergic granulomatous 446.4
    • Wegener's (necrotizing respiratory granulomatosis) 446.4
  • Aortitis (nonsyphilitic) 447.6
    • calcific 447.6
    • rheumatic (see also Endocarditis, acute, rheumatic) 391.1
    • rheumatoid - see Arthritis, rheumatoid
  • Arteriolitis 447.6
    • necrotizing, kidney 447.5
    • renal - see Hypertension, kidney
  • Arteritis 447.6
    • allergic (see also Angiitis, hypersensitivity) 446.20
    • aorta (nonsyphilitic) 447.6
    • cerebral 437.4
      • late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
      • sphylitic 094.89
    • coronary (artery) - see also Arteriosclerosis, coronary
    • cranial (left) (right) 446.5
    • deformans - see Arteriosclerosis
    • necrosing or necrotizing 446.0
    • obliterans - see also Arteriosclerosis
    • rheumatic - see Fever, rheumatic
    • senile - see Arteriosclerosis
    • young female, syndrome 446.7
  • Endarteritis (bacterial, subacute) (infective) (septic) 447.6
    • brain, cerebral or cerebrospinal 437.4
      • late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
    • coronary (artery) - see Arteriosclerosis, coronary
    • deformans - see Arteriosclerosis
    • embolic (see also Embolism) 444.9
    • obliterans - see also Arteriosclerosis
    • senile - see Arteriosclerosis
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.9
  • Vasculitis 447.6
    • disseminated 447.6
    • rheumatic - see Fever, rheumatic
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