Barry Katzen, MD
Robert Lookstein, MD
Mehdi Shishehbor, DO
Mitchell Weinberg, MD
Sean Roddy, MD
Bulent Arslan, MD
The CLI Global Society is deeply grateful to the physicians who came together across specialties to give Critical Limb Ischemia its own clear identity in medical coding. Thanks to the dedication of this task force, CLI achieved distinct ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes — separating it from broader Peripheral Arterial Disease classifications and giving physicians, coders, and payers a precise way to identify, track, and monitor CLI patients and their outcomes.
Visit our ICD-10 Resource page for additional details.
This was no small undertaking. It required consensus and collaboration across multiple medical societies, a formal proposal to the CDC, and the sustained advocacy of leaders who understood that better coding means better patient care. The result continues to benefit the field today: more accurate diagnosis tracking, stronger data on outcomes, and a foundation for the ongoing effort to ensure CLI is recognized as the distinct, limb- and life-threatening condition it is.
This same spirit of cross-specialty collaboration continues to drive the task force’s work. Stay tuned — there’s more on the horizon as this group continues advancing how CLI is recognized, defined, and treated.