I87.1 — Compression of vein
I87.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for compression of vein. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- compression of pulmonary vein (I28.8)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Stricture of vein
- Vena cava syndrome (inferior) (superior)
Risk adjustment
I87.1 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
I87.1 is named in 18 Medicare coverage policies — 18 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52868Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- A52993Billing and Coding: Peripheral Venous Ultrasound
- A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
- A56414Billing and Coding: Endovenous Stenting
How I87.1 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 I87.1.
- Compression›vein
- Compression›vena cava(inferior) (superior)
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive›caval veins(inferior) (superior)
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive›vein, venous
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive›vena cava(inferior) (superior)
- Stenosis, stenotic›vena cava(inferior) (superior)
- Stricture›vein
- Stricture›vena cava NEC(inferior) (superior)
- Syndrome›inferior vena cava
- Syndrome›vena cava(inferior) (superior) (obstruction)
- Edema, edematous›legs›due to venous obstruction
- Edema, edematous›localized›due to venous obstruction
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I87. If I87.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I87.1
- Is I87.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I87.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I87.1 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).