I87.1
Compression of vein
I87.1 (also written I871) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for compression of vein. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 44 codes in category I87 (Other disorders of veins). The Alphabetic Index lists it under 17 entries. Its coding notes include 11 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
- compression of pulmonary vein (I28.8)
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
- 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.-)
Care settings
How CMS programs treat this code. These are CMS claim edits and list entries, not coverage or eligibility rules.
Home Health Primary
Accepted as the primary (principal) diagnosis on a home health claim. The Home Health Grouper assigns it to the MMTA - Other clinical group.
Source: CMS Home Health Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective October 1, 2026Hospital CC
Counts as a complication or comorbidity (CC) when reported as a secondary diagnosis on an inpatient claim. It does not count when the principal diagnosis is one of the 1 code in its exclusion list. Some MS-DRGs also ignore a CC or MCC that defines the DRG.
Source: CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44, effective October 1, 2026, Appendix CInclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
- Stricture of vein
- Vena cava syndrome (inferior) (superior)
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 17 entries
- Compression, vein
- Compression, vena cava (inferior) (superior)
- Edema, edematous (infectious) (pitting) (toxic), legs, due to venous obstruction
- Edema, edematous (infectious) (pitting) (toxic), localized, due to venous obstruction
- Kink, kinking, vein (s), caval
- Kink, kinking, vein (s), peripheral
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive, caval veins (inferior) (superior)
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive, vein, venous
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive, vein, venous, caval (inferior) (superior)
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive, vena cava (inferior) (superior)
- Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial), vena cava (inferior) (superior)
- Stricture, vein