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I82.22

Embolism and thrombosis of inferior vena cava

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

  • I82.220 Acute embolism and thrombosis of inferior vena cava
  • I82.221 Chronic embolism and thrombosis of inferior vena cava

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Embolism and thrombosis of inferior vena cava

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 I82 Other venous embolism and thrombosis

Excludes2 - not included here

  • venous embolism and thrombosis (of):
  • cerebral (I63.6, I67.6)
  • coronary (I21-I25)
  • intracranial and intraspinal, septic or NOS (G08)
  • intracranial, nonpyogenic (I67.6)
  • intraspinal, nonpyogenic (G95.1)
  • mesenteric (K55.0-)
  • portal (I81)
  • pulmonary (I26.-)

Code first

  • venous embolism and thrombosis complicating:
  • abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.7)
  • pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O22.-, O87.-)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
I82.21 Embolism and thrombosis of superior vena cava Not billable
I82.29 Embolism and thrombosis of other thoracic veins Not billable