I73.81
I73.81: Erythromelalgia
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
I73.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for erythromelalgia. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check I73.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above I73.81
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I73.81
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with I73.81
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- I96Gangrene, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
I73.81 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
- A56775Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography
- A57193Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care and Debridement of Nails
- A57759Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care and Debridement of Nails
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Acromelalgia
- Erythermalgia(primary)
- Erythralgia
- Erythromelalgia
- Mitchell's disease(erythromelalgia)
- Weir Mitchell's disease
- Disease, diseased›Gerhardt's(erythromelalgia)
- Disease, diseased›Mitchell's(erythromelalgia)
- Disease, diseased›Weir Mitchell's(erythromelalgia)
- Gerhardt's›disease(erythromelalgia)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.