Postthrombotic syndrome with inflammation of left lower extremity

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 Postphlebitic syndrome with inflammation of left lower extremity
FY2010 Draft description revised draft ~~Postphlebitic syndrome with inflammation of left lower extremity~~ Postthrombotic syndrome with inflammation of left lower extremity

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.

htn
high bp
Hypertensive urgency
High > blood pressure
Postphlebitic syndrome
Urgency > hypertensive
Blood > pressure > high
High > arterial tension
Hyperpiesis, hyperpiesia
Tension > arterial, high
Edema, edematous > stasis
Disease, diseased > hypertensive
Elevated, elevation > blood pressure
Pregnancy > complicated by > hypertension
Disease, diseased > vascular > hypertensive
Hypertension, hypertensive > chronic venous
Pre-eclampsia > with pre-existing hypertension
Degeneration, degenerative > vascular > hypertensive
Dermatitis > stasis > due to postthrombotic syndrome
Stasis > dermatitis > due to postthrombotic syndrome
Delivery > complicated > by > hypertension, hypertensive
Hypertension, hypertensive > venous > due to > deep vein thrombosis
Albuminuria, albuminuric > gestational > with > pre-existing hypertension
Albuminuria, albuminuric > complicating pregnancy > with > pre-existing hypertension
Syndrome > postthrombotic > with > inflammation

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
I87.021	Postthrombotic syndrome with inflammation of right lower extremity	Valid
I87.023	Postthrombotic syndrome with inflammation of bilateral lower extremity	Valid
I87.029	Postthrombotic syndrome with inflammation of unspecified lower extremity	Valid