ICD-10-CM › I00-I99 › I80-I89 › I80.2 Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of... › I80.20
Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of unspecified deep 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:
- I80.201 Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of unspecified deep vessels of right lower extremity
- I80.202 Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of unspecified deep vessels of left lower extremity
- I80.203 Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of unspecified deep vessels of lower extremities, bilateral
- I80.209 Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of unspecified deep vessels of unspecified lower extremity
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 unspecified deep 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 > blue
- Phlebitis > deep
- Phlebitis > lower limb
- Thrombophlebitis > leg
- Phlebitis > tibial vein
- Phlebitis > popliteal vein
- Phlegmasia > cerulea dolens
- Phlebitis > ulcerative > leg
- Thrombophlebitis > popliteal vein
- Thrombophlebitis > lower extremity
- Thrombophlebitis > lower extremity > deep
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > vein > thrombotic > leg
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > vein > thrombotic > lower extremity
- Phlebitis > leg > deep NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| I80.21 | Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of iliac vein | Not billable |
| I80.22 | Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of popliteal vein | Not billable |
| I80.23 | Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of tibial vein | Not billable |
| I80.24 | Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of peroneal vein | Not billable |
| I80.25 | Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of calf muscular vein | Not billable |
| I80.29 | Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of other deep vessels of lower extremities | Not billable |