Chronic embolism and thrombosis of calf muscular vein

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, FY2020 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

I82.561 Chronic embolism and thrombosis of right calf muscular vein
I82.562 Chronic embolism and thrombosis of left calf muscular vein
I82.563 Chronic embolism and thrombosis of calf muscular vein, bilateral
I82.569 Chronic embolism and thrombosis of unspecified calf muscular vein

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2020 to now.

FY2020 Added to the code set Chronic embolism and thrombosis of calf muscular vein

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.-)

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.

Embolism > vein > soleal > chronic
Embolism > vein > calf, muscle > chronic
Embolism > vein > gastrocnemial > chronic
Thrombosis, thrombotic > vein > calf muscular > chronic

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
I82.50	Chronic embolism and thrombosis of unspecified deep veins of lower extremity	Not billable
I82.51	Chronic embolism and thrombosis of femoral vein	Not billable
I82.52	Chronic embolism and thrombosis of iliac vein	Not billable
I82.53	Chronic embolism and thrombosis of popliteal vein	Not billable
I82.54	Chronic embolism and thrombosis of tibial vein	Not billable
I82.55	Chronic embolism and thrombosis of peroneal vein	Not billable
I82.59	Chronic embolism and thrombosis of other specified deep vein of lower extremity	Not billable
I82.5Y	Chronic embolism and thrombosis of unspecified deep veins of proximal lower extremity	Not billable
I82.5Z	Chronic embolism and thrombosis of unspecified deep veins of distal lower extremity	Not billable