I82.62
I82.62 — Acute embolism and thrombosis of deep veins of upper extremity
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I82.62 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute embolism and thrombosis of deep 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 brachial vein
- Acute embolism and thrombosis of radial vein
- Acute embolism and thrombosis of ulnar vein
Risk adjustment
I82.62 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 I82.62
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- I82.621Acute embolism and thrombosis of deep veins of right upper extremity
- I82.622Acute embolism and thrombosis of deep veins of left upper extremity
- I82.623Acute embolism and thrombosis of deep veins of upper extremity, bilateral
- I82.629Acute embolism and thrombosis of deep veins of unspecified upper extremity
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I82.6. If I82.62 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I82.62
- Is I82.62 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I82.62 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I82.62 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).