Varicose veins of lower extremities with inflammation

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 3 more specific codes instead:

I83.10 Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with inflammation
I83.11 Varicose veins of right lower extremity with inflammation
I83.12 Varicose veins of left lower extremity with inflammation

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 with inflammation

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)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
I83.0	Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer	Not billable
I83.2	Varicose veins of lower extremities with both ulcer and inflammation	Not billable
I83.8	Varicose veins of lower extremities with other complications	Not billable
I83.9	Asymptomatic varicose veins of lower extremities	Not billable