Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) 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 4 more specific codes instead:

I87.321 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with inflammation of right lower extremity
I87.322 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with inflammation of left lower extremity
I87.323 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with inflammation of bilateral lower extremity
I87.329 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with inflammation of unspecified lower extremity

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 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with inflammation

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
Labor
Raised
Pitting
Lipedema
Childbirth
Parturition
Accouchement
Stasis > edema
Retention > water
Presentation, fetal
Hypertensive urgency
Delivery > obstructed
High > blood pressure
Toxemia > of pregnancy
Urgency > hypertensive
Blood > pressure > high
High > arterial tension
Toxemia > pre-eclamptic
Hyperpiesis, hyperpiesia
Tension > arterial, high
Edema, edematous > stasis
Proteinuria > pre-eclamptic
Birth > complications in mother
Disease, diseased > hypertensive
Delivery > complicated > by > tear
Elevated, elevation > blood pressure
Puerperal, puerperium > pre-eclampsia
Delivery > complicated > by > bleeding
Albuminuria, albuminuric > pre-eclamptic
Delivery > complicated > by > perforation
Pregnancy > complicated by > hypertension
Delivery > complicated > by > metrorrhexis
Disease, diseased > vascular > hypertensive
Hypertension, hypertensive > chronic venous
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > labor
Delivery > complicated > by > disruptio uteri
Pre-eclampsia > with pre-existing hypertension
Pregnancy > complicated by > presentation, fetal

Showing 40 of 53 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
I87.30	Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) without complications	Not billable
I87.31	Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer	Not billable
I87.33	Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer and inflammation	Not billable
I87.39	Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with other complications	Not billable