I82.56
I82.56 — Chronic embolism and thrombosis of calf muscular vein
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I82.56 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for chronic embolism and thrombosis of calf muscular vein. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Chronic embolism and thrombosis of calf muscular vein NOS
- Chronic embolism and thrombosis of gastrocnemial vein
- Chronic embolism and thrombosis of soleal vein
Risk adjustment
I82.56 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 I82.56
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I82.5. If I82.56 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I82.50Chronic embolism and thrombosis of unspecified deep veins of lower extremity
- I82.51Chronic embolism and thrombosis of femoral vein
- I82.52Chronic embolism and thrombosis of iliac vein
- I82.53Chronic embolism and thrombosis of popliteal vein
- I82.54Chronic embolism and thrombosis of tibial vein
- I82.55Chronic embolism and thrombosis of peroneal vein
- I82.59Chronic embolism and thrombosis of other specified deep vein of lower extremity
- I82.5YChronic embolism and thrombosis of unspecified deep veins of proximal lower extremity
- I82.5ZChronic embolism and thrombosis of unspecified deep veins of distal lower extremity
Questions about I82.56
- Is I82.56 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I82.56 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I82.56 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).