I83.81
Varicose veins of lower extremities with pain
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
I83.81 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for varicose veins of lower extremities with pain. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are I83.811 Varicose veins of right lower extremity with pain, I83.812 Varicose veins of left lower extremity with pain, I83.813 Varicose veins of bilateral lower extremities with pain and I83.819 Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with pain. Its coding notes include 12 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Inherited from I83 Varicose veins of lower extremities
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 9 Diseases of the circulatory system
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)