I87.8 — Other specified disorders of veins
I87.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified disorders of veins. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Phlebosclerosis
- Venofibrosis
Risk adjustment
I87.8 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
I87.8 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A57594Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Peripheral Venous Vascular and Hemodialysis Access Studies
- A57706Billing and Coding: Treatment of Varicose Veins of the Lower Extremities
How I87.8 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 I87.8.
- Absorbent system disease
- Claudicatio venosa intermittens
- Phlebofibrosis
- Phleboliths
- Phlebosclerosis
- Rise, venous pressure
- Venofibrosis
- Wallgren's disease
- Claudication›venous(axillary)
- Collateral›circulation(venous)
- Collateral›dilation, veins
- Congestion, congestive›venous(passive)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I87. If I87.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I87.8
- Is I87.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I87.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I87.8 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).