ICD-10-CM › I00-I99 › I80-I89 › I83.01 Varicose veins of right lower... › I83.015
Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer other part of foot
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 right lower extremity with ulcer other part of foot
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
- Phlebectasia
- Tortuous > vein
- Varicose > vein
- Tumor > varicose
- Varicose > tumor
- Aneurysm > venous
- Varicose > vessel
- Ulcus > hypostaticum
- Rupture, ruptured > varix
- Rupture, ruptured > varicose vein
- Varicosis, varicosities, varicosity
- Varicose > ulcer > inflamed or infected
- Dermatitis > stasis > with > varicose ulcer
- Stasis > dermatitis > with > varicose ulcer
- Infection, infected, infective > varicose veins
- Incompetency, incompetent, incompetence > vein, venous
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > hypostaticum
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > skin > varicose
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > varicose > inflamed or infected
- Varix > leg > right > with > ulcer > foot NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| I83.011 | Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer of thigh | Valid |
| I83.012 | Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer of calf | Valid |
| I83.013 | Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer of ankle | Valid |
| I83.014 | Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer of heel and midfoot | Valid |
| I83.018 | Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer other part of lower leg | Valid |
| I83.019 | Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer of unspecified site | Valid |