ICD-10-CM › I00-I99 › I80-I89 › I82.8 Embolism and thrombosis of other... › I82.81
Embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins 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:
- I82.811 Embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of right lower extremity
- I82.812 Embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of left lower extremity
- I82.813 Embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of lower extremities, bilateral
- I82.819 Embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of unspecified lower extremity
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 Embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of lower extremities
- FY2010 Removed from the draft draft
- FY2012 Returned to the draft draft
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.
- dvt
- Milk-leg
- Embolism > leg
- Thrombosis, thrombotic > leg
- Thrombosis, thrombotic > deep
- Embolism > extremities > lower
- Thrombosis, thrombotic > lower limb
- Embolism > vein > saphenous
- Thrombosis, thrombotic > vein > saphenous
- Embolism > vein > lower extremity > superficial
- Thrombosis, thrombotic > vein > lower extremity > superficial
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| I82.89 | Embolism and thrombosis of other specified veins | Not billable |