Varicose 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.

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

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

I83.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer (also a header)
I83.1 Varicose veins of lower extremities with inflammation (also a header)
I83.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities with both ulcer and inflammation (also a header)
I83.8 Varicose veins of lower extremities with other complications (also a header)
I83.9 Asymptomatic varicose veins of lower extremities (also a header)

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 Varicose veins 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.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

varicose veins complicating pregnancy (O22.0-)
varicose veins complicating the puerperium (O87.4)