I83.9 — Asymptomatic varicose veins of lower extremities
I83.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for asymptomatic varicose veins of lower extremities. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Phlebectasia of lower extremities
- Varicose veins of lower extremities
- Varix of lower extremities
Other codes that can never be billed with I83.9
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at I83.9. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading I83.9 alone.
- I86Varicose veins of other sites
Risk adjustment
I83.9 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 I83.9
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I83. If I83.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I83.9
- Is I83.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I83.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I83.9 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).