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I83.0 ICD-10-CM Code: Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer

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Billing Status: NO. This is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code: report a more specific billable code beneath it.

Coding at a Glance

Official instructions
2 Excludes2 · 1 use-additional instruction

What these terms mean →

Not billable · FY2027A non-billable heading in the tabular list: report a more specific code beneath it.

What you need to know

Source: CMS/NCHS Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes, quoted. From the CMS/NCHS tabular list for the release in force. A note the category or block publishes applies to this code too, and is marked with where it comes from.

Use additional codeReport with this code when documented
  • Use additional code to identify severity of ulcer (L97.-)
Excludes2from I83Not included here; may be reported together
  • varicose veins complicating pregnancy (O22.0-)
  • varicose veins complicating the puerperium (O87.4)

Where it sits Source: CMS/NCHS

Under:Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory SystemI80-I89 Diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes, not elsewhere classifiedI83 Varicose veins of lower extremities

Codes under I83.0 (3)

  • I83.00Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcerNot billable
  • I83.01Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcerNot billable
  • I83.02Varicose veins of left lower extremity with ulcerNot billable

Most relevant related codes MedCoder-derived

Read off the official notes above and this code’s own position in the tabular list. Which to report is a documentation question; Compare shows the two side by side.

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Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for I83.0 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2027Effective: October 1, 2026

Trace:FY2027 changesChange historyRelease, file and checksum

Notes without a marker are published on I83.0 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Source: inherited from I83

Use Additional Code

Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.

  • Use additional code to identify severity of ulcer (L97.-)

Coder workflow for I83.0

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code I83.0

  1. I83.0 is not reportable as written. Select the more specific code beneath it that the documentation supports. Codes are reported to the highest level of specificity the classification provides (Guidelines I.B.2).

    ReviewI83.00, I83.01, I83.02

    See the relationships section · Guide: How to choose an ICD-10-CM code →

  2. I83.0’s title joins a condition with an associated condition or complication. Confirm each component is documented. Where the classification presumes the link through the “with” convention, only a provider statement that the conditions are unrelated defeats it. A combination code is assigned only when it fully identifies the documented conditions; a required second code for the stage, type or manifestation is still reported when the notes ask for it (Guidelines I.B.9, I.A.15).

    Guide: Combination codes →

Choose the right path

  1. Does the documentation support one of the more specific codes beneath I83.0?
    Yes → Select that code and continue the checks below on its own page.
    No → I83.0 cannot be reported as written. Where the codes beneath it include an unspecified code, that code applies when the record goes no further; otherwise query for the missing detail.

    ReviewI83.00, I83.01, I83.02

Report the code beneath I83.0 that the documentation supports, not I83.0 itself. Then work the Use Additional Code note, and confirm that code is valid for the date of service on its own page.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
The associated condition or complication
Whether the associated condition the title names is documented; the “with” convention presumes some links, and a provider statement that the conditions are unrelated defeats it (Guidelines I.A.15).
The conditions the Use Additional Code note names
Reported with this code when documented; a conditional instruction (“if applicable”, “if known”) applies only when the record supports it.

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes2 — not part of I83.0(2 notes)

    Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in I83.0. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

    CompareO22.0, O87.4

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.b

  • Use Additional Code — after identifying I83.0(1 note)

    Coding workflow: Check whether the documentation supports the additional code(s) the note names, and report them with I83.0 when it does. Where the instruction is conditional (“if applicable”, “if known”), it applies only when the record documents the condition.

    ReviewL97

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.13

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: Only one of the components this code’s title joins is documented.

Coding question: Is the code beneath I83.0 supported?

Path: Review the code for the documented component on its own.

Reason: A combination code is assigned only when it fully identifies the documented conditions; otherwise the documented component takes its own code (Guidelines I.B.9).

Documentation: A condition the Use Additional Code note names is documented.

Coding question: Is a second code reported with the code beneath I83.0?

Path: Review the Use Additional Code note and the code it names.

Reason: The additional code is reported when the record documents the condition; a conditional instruction applies only when its condition is met (Guidelines I.A.13).

ReviewL97

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Don’t confuse I83.0 with…

MedCoder analysis — pairs from this code’s official notes, distinctions written by MedCoder

The codes most likely to be picked instead of I83.0 — named in its own official notes, or sharing its laterality or encounter family — with what separates them and which documentation moves the case. Each links to the full comparison.

  • O22.0— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of varicose veins complicating pregnancy adds O22.0; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: I83.0 vs O22.0 →

  • O87.4— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of varicose veins complicating the puerperium adds O87.4; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: I83.0 vs O87.4 →

Relationships are read from this code's own official notes, its laterality siblings and its encounter family; the wording of each distinction is MedCoder editorial, and the documentation named in each “what moves you there” line is the official note phrase or sibling title itself. Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a.

Coding context

Guidelines, coding notes, decision aids, relationships (with MS-DRG and CCSR classification), hierarchy, HCC, coverage and the context map: what a coder reaches for after the core. Each section names whether it is official source data, a MedCoder-derived relationship or MedCoder editorial.

Code Overview

Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (I83.0). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

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Relationships & Classification

MedCoder-derived relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name I83.0 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 1 Excludes1 note: I87.3 — Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) (via I83.-).

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

Referenced by 3 Excludes2 notes: L89 — Pressure ulcer, L98.4 — Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin, not elsewhere classified (via I83.-), L98.A — Non-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, not elsewhere classified (via I83.-).

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

Referenced by 1 Code First instruction: L97 — Non-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified.

Each of these codes carries a Code First note naming this condition — when that code is reported, THIS code is sequenced first, ahead of it.

Related Codes

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main term “Varix”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

H35.09 — Other intraretinal microvascular abnormalities (retina), I77.0 — Arteriovenous fistula, acquired (aneurysmal), I78.1 — Nevus, non-neoplastic (papillary), I85.00 — Esophageal varices without bleeding (esophagus), I85.01 — Esophageal varices with bleeding (esophagus, bleeding), I85.10 — Secondary esophageal varices without bleeding (esophagus, secondary), I85.11 — Secondary esophageal varices with bleeding (esophagus, secondary, bleeding), I86.0 — Sublingual varices (sublingual), I86.1 — Scrotal varices (scrotum), I86.2 — Pelvic varices (ovary), I86.3 — Vulval varices (vulva), I86.4 — Gastric varices (gastric), I86.8 — Varicose veins of other specified sites (orbit), O22.0 — Varicose veins of lower extremity in pregnancy (complicating, pregnancy), O22.1 — Genital varices in pregnancy (complicating, pregnancy, genital), O22.4 — Hemorrhoids in pregnancy (complicating, pregnancy, anus or rectum), O43.89 — Other placental disorders (placenta), O87.2 — Hemorrhoids in the puerperium (complicating, puerperium, anus or rectum), O87.4 — Varicose veins of lower extremity in the puerperium (complicating, childbirth), O87.8 — Other venous complications in the puerperium (complicating, puerperium, genital), +1 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of I83.0 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

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Hierarchy

Use Additional Code

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

Referenced by Code First instructions

Nearest codes (40)

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Reference

Index terms and tables, published questions and FAQ, every source behind this page with its release and checksum, the date-of-service check and the complete change history.

Common coding questions

MedCoder editorial

Can I83.0 be billed directly?

No. I83.0 (Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2027 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2026 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v44.0 (October 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder-derived relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder editorial explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

Current data releases:ICD-10-CM FY2027 · ICD-10-PCS FY2027 · HCPCS October 2026 · MS-DRG v44 · Medicare Code Editor v44.0 · NCCI PTP Q4 2026 · MUE Q4 2026 · NCD code lists 2026-01 · LCD export September 28, 2026 · All releases and sources

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MedCoder.ai. "I83.0 — Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer." ICD-10-CM FY2027. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/i83.0-varicose-veins-of-lower-extremities-with-ulcer

Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027, and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

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Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to I83.0 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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