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I77.73 ICD-10-CM Code: Dissection of renal artery

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Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
5 Excludes2
Risk adjustment
CMS-HCC V22 category 107

Billable · FY2027A valid, specific ICD-10-CM code, reportable for dates of service in FY2027.

What you need to know

Source: CMS/NCHS Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes, quoted. From the CMS/NCHS tabular list for the release in force. A note the category or block publishes applies to this code too; the Instructions section marks which is which.

Excludes2Not included here; may be reported together
  • dissection of aorta (I71.0-)
  • dissection of coronary artery (I25.42)
  • collagen (vascular) diseases (M30-M36)
  • hypersensitivity angiitis (M31.0)

+1 more in Instructions

Most relevant related codes MedCoder-derived

Read off the official notes above and this code’s own position in the tabular list. Which to report is a documentation question; Compare shows the two side by side.

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Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 698 — OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC (MDC 11)
  • MS-DRG 699 — OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH CC (MDC 11)
  • MS-DRG 700 — OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC 11)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for I77.73 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2027Effective: October 1, 2026

Trace:FY2027 changesChange historyRelease, file and checksum

Notes without a marker are published on I77.73 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Coder workflow for I77.73

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes2 — not part of I77.73(5 notes)

    Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in I77.73. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

    CompareI71.0, I25.42, M31.0, I28

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.b

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Don’t confuse I77.73 with…

MedCoder analysis — pairs from this code’s official notes, distinctions written by MedCoder

The codes most likely to be picked instead of I77.73 — named in its own official notes, or sharing its laterality or encounter family — with what separates them and which documentation moves the case. Each links to the full comparison.

  • I77.70— Specificity relationship (Review)

    Overlapping diagnoses in the same category.

    Overlapping codes in the same category — the documentation decides which is the more specific fit.

    What moves you there: A record that documents no more than “Dissection of unspecified artery” takes I77.70; specificity in the record moves it back here.

    Full comparison: I77.73 vs I77.70 →

  • I71.0— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of dissection of aorta adds I71.0; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: I77.73 vs I71.0 →

  • I25.42— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of dissection of coronary artery adds I25.42; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: I77.73 vs I25.42 →

  • M30— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of collagen (vascular) diseases adds M30; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: I77.73 vs M30 →

  • M36— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of collagen (vascular) diseases adds M36; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: I77.73 vs M36 →

  • M31.0— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of hypersensitivity angiitis adds M31.0; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: I77.73 vs M31.0 →

Relationships are read from this code's own official notes, its laterality siblings and its encounter family; the wording of each distinction is MedCoder editorial, and the documentation named in each “what moves you there” line is the official note phrase or sibling title itself. Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a.

Coding context

Guidelines, coding notes, decision aids, relationships (with MS-DRG and CCSR classification), hierarchy, HCC, coverage and the context map: what a coder reaches for after the core. Each section names whether it is official source data, a MedCoder-derived relationship or MedCoder editorial.

Code Overview

Dissection of renal artery is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (I77.73).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Verify Before Coding

  • MCC as a secondary diagnosis (FY2027). Can raise the stay's MS-DRG severity tier.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder-derived relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name I77.73 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 1 Excludes2 note: I72 — Other aneurysm.

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2027)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2027 MS-DRG: MCC — Major Complication or Comorbidity. Reported as a secondary diagnosis, this code raises the stay's MS-DRG severity tier — except when the principal diagnosis is one of 10 clinically related codes on its CMS exclusion list.

Named in the grouper logic of 3 MS-DRGs: DRG 698 (MDC 11), DRG 699 (MDC 11), DRG 700 (MDC 11).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):CIR027 — Arterial dissections (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical process (MS-DRG)

Acts as MCC — raises the severity of other admissions. CMS groups these diagnoses into one MS-DRG principal-diagnosis exclusion process — a CC/MCC on this list never raises severity when the principal diagnosis is also on it.

I77.2 — Rupture of artery, I77.3 — Arterial fibromuscular dysplasia, I77.5 — Necrosis of artery, I77.6 — Arteritis, unspecified, I77.82 — Antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody [ANCA] vasculitis, I77.89 — Other specified disorders of arteries and arterioles, I77.9 — Disorder of arteries and arterioles, unspecified, M31.8 — Other specified necrotizing vasculopathies, M31.9 — Necrotizing vasculopathy, unspecified

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Arterial dissections).

I25.42 — Coronary artery dissection, I67.0 — Dissection of cerebral arteries, nonruptured, I71.00 — Dissection of unspecified site of aorta, I71.01 — Dissection of thoracic aorta, I71.010 — Dissection of ascending aorta, I71.011 — Dissection of aortic arch, I71.012 — Dissection of descending thoracic aorta, I71.019 — Dissection of thoracic aorta, unspecified, I71.02 — Dissection of abdominal aorta, I71.03 — Dissection of thoracoabdominal aorta, I77.70 — Dissection of unspecified artery, I77.71 — Dissection of carotid artery, I77.72 — Dissection of iliac artery, I77.74 — Dissection of vertebral artery, I77.75 — Dissection of other precerebral arteries, I77.76 — Dissection of artery of upper extremity, I77.77 — Dissection of artery of lower extremity, I77.79 — Dissection of other specified artery

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main term “Dissection”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

I25.42 — Coronary artery dissection (artery, coronary), I67.0 — Dissection of cerebral arteries, nonruptured (artery, cerebral), I71.00 — Dissection of unspecified site of aorta (aorta), I71.010 — Dissection of ascending aorta (aorta, thoracic, ascending aorta), I71.011 — Dissection of aortic arch (aorta, thoracic, aortic arch), I71.012 — Dissection of descending thoracic aorta (aorta, thoracic, descending thoracic aorta), I71.019 — Dissection of thoracic aorta, unspecified (aorta, thoracic), I71.02 — Dissection of abdominal aorta (aorta, abdominal), I71.03 — Dissection of thoracoabdominal aorta (aorta, thoracoabdominal), I99.8 — Other disorder of circulatory system (vascular), Q28.1 — Other malformations of precerebral vessels (precerebral artery, congenital)

Lab tests where this diagnosis supports Medicare coverage (NCD)

Medicare's National Coverage Determination (NCD) program lists this diagnosis as medical justification for these lab tests.

Prothrombin Time Test and INR (PT/INR)

Contextual Map

Every relationship of I77.73 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

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Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

  • I72 — Other aneurysm[Excludes2]: “renal artery dissection (I77.73)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2027

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • MDC 11 — Diseases and Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 3,578 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2027

Index entries

  • Dissection, artery, renal[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027

Nearest codes (26)

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Reference

Index terms and tables, published questions and FAQ, every source behind this page with its release and checksum, the date-of-service check and the complete change history.

Indexed Clinical Terms (1)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2027 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2026 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v44.0 (October 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v44 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder-derived relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder editorial explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

Current data releases:ICD-10-CM FY2027 · ICD-10-PCS FY2027 · HCPCS October 2026 · MS-DRG v44 · Medicare Code Editor v44.0 · NCCI PTP Q4 2026 · MUE Q4 2026 · NCD code lists 2026-01 · LCD export September 20, 2026 · All releases and sources

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MedCoder.ai. "I77.73 — Dissection of renal artery." ICD-10-CM FY2027. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/i77.73-dissection-of-renal-artery

Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Dissection of renal artery

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027, and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to I77.73 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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