I87.39

Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with other complications

FY2027Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system/I80–I89 Diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes, not elsewhere classified

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

I87.39 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with other complications. 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 I87.391 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with other complications of right lower extremity, I87.392 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with other complications of left lower extremity, I87.393 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with other complications of bilateral lower extremity and I87.399 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with other complications of unspecified lower extremity. Its coding notes include 2 Excludes1 entries and 10 Excludes2 entries.

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

Inherited from I87.3 Chronic venous hypertension
  • chronic venous hypertension due to deep vein thrombosis (I87.0-)
  • varicose veins of lower extremities (I83.-)

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

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.-)

Alphabetic Index terms

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More specific codes under I87.39 4