I83.00 — Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer
I83.00 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I83.00
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of I83.00, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with I83.00
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at I83.00. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading I83.00 alone.
- I87.3Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic)
Risk adjustment
I83.00 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
I83.00 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 I83.00
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- I83.001Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of thigh
- I83.002Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of calf
- I83.003Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of ankle
- I83.004Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of heel and midfoot
- I83.005Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer other part of foot
- I83.008Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer other part of lower leg
- I83.009Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of unspecified site
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I83.0. If I83.00 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I83.00
- Is I83.00 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I83.00 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I83.00 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).