Asymptomatic 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 4 more specific codes instead:

I83.90 Asymptomatic varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity
I83.91 Asymptomatic varicose veins of right lower extremity
I83.92 Asymptomatic varicose veins of left lower extremity
I83.93 Asymptomatic varicose veins of bilateral lower extremities

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 Asymptomatic 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.

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
Varix > asymptomatic

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
I83.0	Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer	Not billable
I83.1	Varicose veins of lower extremities with inflammation	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