I82.49
I82.49 — Acute embolism and thrombosis of other specified deep vein of lower extremity
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I82.49 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute embolism and thrombosis of other specified deep vein of lower extremity. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
I82.49 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead I82.49
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- I82.491Acute embolism and thrombosis of other specified deep vein of right lower extremity
- I82.492Acute embolism and thrombosis of other specified deep vein of left lower extremity
- I82.493Acute embolism and thrombosis of other specified deep vein of lower extremity, bilateral
- I82.499Acute embolism and thrombosis of other specified deep vein of unspecified lower extremity
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I82.4. If I82.49 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I82.40Acute embolism and thrombosis of unspecified deep veins of lower extremity
- I82.41Acute embolism and thrombosis of femoral vein
- I82.42Acute embolism and thrombosis of iliac vein
- I82.43Acute embolism and thrombosis of popliteal vein
- I82.44Acute embolism and thrombosis of tibial vein
- I82.45Acute embolism and thrombosis of peroneal vein
- I82.46Acute embolism and thrombosis of calf muscular vein
- I82.4YAcute embolism and thrombosis of unspecified deep veins of proximal lower extremity
- I82.4ZAcute embolism and thrombosis of unspecified deep veins of distal lower extremity
Questions about I82.49
- Is I82.49 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I82.49 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I82.49 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).