Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of thigh

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of thigh

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 I83 Varicose veins of lower extremities

Excludes2 - not included here

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

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.

Varices
Crural ulcer
Phlebectasia
Stasis > ulcer
Stasis > eczema
Tortuous > vein
Varicose > vein
Tumor > varicose
Varicose > tumor
Varicose > ulcer
Aneurysm > venous
Eczema > varicose
Varicose > eczema
Varicose > vessel
Eczema > hypostatic
Phlebitis > varicose
Ulcus > hypostaticum
Dermatitis > varicose
Varicose > dermatitis
Rupture, ruptured > varix
Rupture, ruptured > varicose vein
Varicosis, varicosities, varicosity
Dermatitis > due to > varicose veins
Dermatitis > hypostatic, hypostatica
Eczema > stasis > with varicose veins
Varicose > ulcer > inflamed or infected
Dermatitis > stasis > with > varicose ulcer
Dermatitis > stasis > with > varicose veins
Stasis > dermatitis > with > varicose ulcer
Stasis > dermatitis > with > varicose veins
Lipodermatosclerosis > with > varicose veins
Varix > leg > with > inflammation > with ulcer
Infection, infected, infective > varicose veins
Varix > leg > left > with > inflammation > with ulcer
Incompetency, incompetent, incompetence > vein, venous
Varix > leg > right > with > inflammation > with ulcer
Lipodermatosclerosis > with > varicose veins > ulcerated
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > leg
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > toe
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > foot

Showing 40 of 53 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
I83.002	Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of calf	Valid
I83.003	Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of ankle	Valid
I83.004	Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of heel and midfoot	Valid
I83.005	Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer other part of foot	Valid
I83.008	Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer other part of lower leg	Valid
I83.009	Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of unspecified site	Valid