I83.018 — Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer other part of lower leg
I83.018 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer other part of lower leg. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
I83.018 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 383 Chronic Ulcer of Skin, Except Pressure, Not Specified as Through to Bone or Muscle0.646 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
I83.018 is named in 21 Medicare coverage policies — 19 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 2 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56566Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy Servicesnot covered
- A57067Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy Servicesnot covered
- A52870Billing and Coding: Treatment of Varicose Veins of the Lower Extremity
- A52993Billing and Coding: Peripheral Venous Ultrasound
How I83.018 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 I83.018.
- Varix›leg›right›with›ulcer›lower leg NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I83.01. If I83.018 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- I83.011Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer of thigh
- I83.012Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer of calf
- I83.013Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer of ankle
- I83.014Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer of heel and midfoot
- I83.015Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer other part of foot
- I83.019Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer of unspecified site
Questions about I83.018
- Is I83.018 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I83.018 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I83.018 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).