2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I83.81
Varicose veins of lower extremities with pain
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- I83.81
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Varicose veins of lower extremities with pain
- Is Billable?
- Not Valid for Submission
- Code Navigator:
I83.81 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of varicose veins of lower extremities with pain. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.
Specific Coding Applicable to Varicose veins of lower extremities with pain
Non-specific codes like I83.81 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for varicose veins of lower extremities with pain:
Use I83.811 for Varicose veins of right lower extremity with pain - BILLABLE CODE
Use I83.812 for Varicose veins of left lower extremity with pain - BILLABLE CODE
Use I83.813 for Varicose veins of bilateral lower extremities with pain - BILLABLE CODE
Use I83.819 for Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with pain - BILLABLE CODE
Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.