I82.210 — Acute embolism and thrombosis of superior vena cava
I82.210 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute embolism and thrombosis of superior vena cava. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Embolism and thrombosis of superior vena cava NOS
Risk adjustment
I82.210 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 267 Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism0.294 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
I82.210 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies — 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56414Billing and Coding: Endovenous Stenting
- A56541Billing and Coding: Biomarkers Overview
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A56644Billing and Coding: Endovenous Stenting
How I82.210 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to I82.210.
- Embolism›vena cava›superior(acute)
- Thrombosis, thrombotic›vena cava›superior
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I82.21. If I82.210 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I82.210
- Is I82.210 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I82.210 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I82.210 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes, not elsewhere classified (I80-I89).