I25.769 — Atherosclerosis of bypass graft of coronary artery of transplanted heart with unspecified angina pectoris
I25.769 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for atherosclerosis of bypass graft of coronary artery of transplanted heart with unspecified angina pectoris. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
I25.769 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
I25.769 is named in 26 Medicare coverage policies — 26 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A56451Billing and Coding: Cardiac Computed Tomography (CCT) and Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA)
- A56476Billing and Coding: Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging
How I25.769 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to I25.769.
- Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic›coronary›transplanted heart›bypass graft›with›angina pectoris
- Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic›coronary›transplanted heart›bypass graft›with›ischemic chest pain
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I25.76. If I25.769 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I25.760Atherosclerosis of bypass graft of coronary artery of transplanted heart with unstable angina
- I25.761Atherosclerosis of bypass graft of coronary artery of transplanted heart with angina pectoris with documented spasm
- I25.762Atherosclerosis of bypass graft of coronary artery of transplanted heart with refractory angina pectoris
- I25.768Atherosclerosis of bypass graft of coronary artery of transplanted heart with other forms of angina pectoris
Questions about I25.769
- Is I25.769 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I25.769 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I25.769 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Ischemic heart diseases (I20-I25).