I83.12 — Varicose veins of left lower extremity with inflammation
I83.12 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for varicose veins of left lower extremity with inflammation. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I83.12
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of I83.12, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with I83.12
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at I83.12. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading I83.12 alone.
- I87.3Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic)
Risk adjustment
I83.12 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
I83.12 is named in 15 Medicare coverage policies — 15 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52870Billing and Coding: Treatment of Varicose Veins of the Lower Extremity
- A52993Billing and Coding: Peripheral Venous Ultrasound
- A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
- A53065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical Therapy
How I83.12 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 I83.12.
- Varix›leg›left›with›inflammation
Code history
I83.12 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I83.1. If I83.12 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I83.12
- Is I83.12 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I83.12 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I83.12 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).