I82.891 — Chronic embolism and thrombosis of other specified veins
I82.891 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic embolism and thrombosis of other specified veins. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
I82.891 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.
Medicare coverage
I82.891 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies — 10 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52993Billing and Coding: Peripheral Venous Ultrasound
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A57125Billing and Coding: Peripheral Venous Ultrasound
- A57193Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care and Debridement of Nails
How I82.891 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 I82.891.
- Thrombosis, thrombotic›specified site NEC›chronic
- Embolism›vein›specified NEC›chronic NEC
- Thrombosis, thrombotic›vein›specified NEC›chronic NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I82.89. If I82.891 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I82.891
- Is I82.891 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I82.891 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I82.891 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).