Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with other complications

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 extremities with other complications
FY2018 Description revised ~~Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremities with other complications~~ Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with other complications

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 > with > edema
Varix > with > rupture
Varix > with > bleeding
Varix > with > swelling
Varix > leg > with > edema
Varix > leg > with > swelling
Varix > with > specified complication NEC
Varix > leg > with > specified complication NEC

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
I83.891	Varicose veins of right lower extremity with other complications	Valid
I83.892	Varicose veins of left lower extremity with other complications	Valid
I83.893	Varicose veins of bilateral lower extremities with other complications	Valid