I83.2 — Varicose veins of lower extremities with both ulcer and inflammation
I83.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for varicose veins of lower extremities with both ulcer and inflammation. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code to identify severity of ulcer (L97.-)
Other codes that can never be billed with I83.2
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at I83.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading I83.2 alone.
- I87.2Venous insufficiency (chronic) (peripheral)
Risk adjustment
I83.2 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 I83.2
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I83. If I83.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I83.2
- Is I83.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I83.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I83.2 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).