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I86

Varicose veins of other sites

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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • I86.0 Sublingual varices
  • I86.1 Scrotal varices
  • I86.2 Pelvic varices
  • I86.3 Vulval varices
  • I86.4 Gastric varices
  • I86.8 Varicose veins of other specified sites

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Varicose veins of other sites

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • varicose veins of unspecified site (I83.9-)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • retinal varices (H35.0-)