ICD-10-CM Code I83.209

Valid for Submission

I83.209 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with both ulcer of unspecified site and inflammation. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code I83.209 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like infected varicose ulcer or varicose veins of lower extremity with inflammation or varicose veins of lower extremity with ulcer and inflammation or varicose veins of the leg with eczema or varicose veins of the leg with ulcer and eczema.

The code I83.209 is applicable to adult patients aged 15 through 124 years inclusive. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a patient outside the stated age range.

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code I83.209 are found in the index:

• - Varix (lower limb) - I83.90
  • - with
    • - inflammation - I83.10
      • - with ulcer (venous) - I83.209
    • - stasis dermatitis - I83.10
      • - with ulcer (venous) - I83.209
    • - ulcer - I83.009
      • - with inflammation - I83.209
  • - inflamed or infected - I83.10
    • - ulcerated - I83.209
  • - leg (asymptomatic) - I83.90
    • - with
      • - ulcer - I83.009
        • - with inflammation - I83.209
    • - bilateral (asymptomatic) - I83.93
      • - with
        • - ulcer - I83.0
          • - with inflammation - I83.209
  • - ulcerated - I83.009
    • - inflamed or infected - I83.209

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:

• Adult diagnoses - Adult. Age range is 15–124 years inclusive (e.g., senile delirium, mature cataract).

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Infected varicose ulcer
• Varicose veins of lower extremity with inflammation
• Varicose veins of lower extremity with ulcer AND inflammation
• Varicose veins of the leg with eczema
• Varicose veins of the leg with ulcer and eczema

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code I83.209 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2019 through 09/30/2020.

• 299 - PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISORDERS WITH MCC
• 300 - PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISORDERS WITH CC
• 301 - PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC

Convert I83.209 to ICD-9

• 454.2 - Varicos leg ulcer/inflam (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99)
  • Diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes, not elsewhere classified (I80-I89)
    • Varicose veins of lower extremities (I83)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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