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Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of superficial vessels of left lower extremity
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of superficial vessels of left lower extremity
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 |
|---|---|---|
| I80.00 | Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of superficial vessels of unspecified lower extremity | Valid |
| I80.01 | Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of superficial vessels of right lower extremity | Valid |
| I80.03 | Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of superficial vessels of lower extremities, bilateral | Valid |