ICD-10-CM › I00-I99 › I80-I89 › I80 Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis › I80.0
Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of superficial vessels of lower extremities
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:
- I80.00 Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of superficial vessels of unspecified lower extremity
- I80.01 Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of superficial vessels of right lower extremity
- I80.02 Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of superficial vessels of left lower extremity
- I80.03 Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of superficial vessels of lower extremities, bilateral
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of superficial vessels of lower extremities
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from I80 Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis
Excludes1 - never coded here
- venous embolism and thrombosis of lower extremities (I82.4-, I82.5-, I82.81-)
Code first
- , if applicable: phlebitis and thrombophlebitis complicating abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.7)
- phlebitis and thrombophlebitis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O22.-, O87.-)
Includes
- endophlebitis
- inflammation, vein
- periphlebitis
- suppurative phlebitis
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Phlebitis > saphenous
- Phlebitis > lower limb
- Thrombophlebitis > leg
- Phlebitis > ulcerative > leg
- Thrombophlebitis > lower extremity
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > vein > thrombotic > leg
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > vein > thrombotic > lower extremity
- Thrombophlebitis > saphenous
- Phlebitis > leg > superficial
- Phlebitis > femoropopliteal vein
- Thrombophlebitis > femoropopliteal vein
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| I80.1 | Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of femoral vein | Not billable |
| I80.2 | Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of other and unspecified deep vessels of lower extremities | Not billable |
| I80.3 | Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of lower extremities, unspecified | Valid |
| I80.8 | Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of other sites | Valid |
| I80.9 | Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of unspecified site | Valid |