I82.61 — Acute embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of upper extremity
I82.61 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of upper extremity. 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.
- Acute embolism and thrombosis of antecubital vein
- Acute embolism and thrombosis of basilic vein
- Acute embolism and thrombosis of cephalic vein
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I82.61
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of I82.61, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Risk adjustment
I82.61 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 history
I82.61 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead I82.61
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- I82.611Acute embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of right upper extremity
- I82.612Acute embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of left upper extremity
- I82.613Acute embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of upper extremity, bilateral
- I82.619Acute embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of unspecified upper extremity
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I82.6. If I82.61 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I82.61
- Is I82.61 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I82.61 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I82.61 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).