I82.81 — Embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of lower extremities
I82.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for embolism and thrombosis of superficial 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.
- Embolism and thrombosis of saphenous vein (greater) (lesser)
Other codes that can never be billed with I82.81
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at I82.81. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading I82.81 alone.
- I80Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis
Risk adjustment
I82.81 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 I82.81
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- I82.811Embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of right lower extremity
- I82.812Embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of left lower extremity
- I82.813Embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of lower extremities, bilateral
- I82.819Embolism and thrombosis of superficial veins of unspecified lower extremity
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I82.8. If I82.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I82.81
- Is I82.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I82.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I82.81 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).