I82.220 — Acute embolism and thrombosis of inferior vena cava
I82.220 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute embolism and thrombosis of inferior 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 inferior vena cava NOS
Risk adjustment
I82.220 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
I82.220 is named in 20 Medicare coverage policies — 20 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52868Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- A52993Billing and Coding: Peripheral Venous Ultrasound
- A56414Billing and Coding: Endovenous Stenting
- A56505Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
How I82.220 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 I82.220.
- Embolism›vena cava›inferior(acute)
- Thrombosis, thrombotic›vena cava›inferior
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I82.22. If I82.220 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I82.220
- Is I82.220 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I82.220 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I82.220 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).