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I83.223 - Varicose veins of left lower extremity with both ulcer of ankle and inflammation

ICD-10-CM Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system · I80-I89 Diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes, not elsewhere classified (I80-I89) · Subcategory of I83.22 · FY2027

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Use Additional CodeFrom I83.2

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

  • code to identify severity of ulcer (L97.-)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom I83

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • varicose veins complicating pregnancy (O22.0-)
  • varicose veins complicating the puerperium (O87.4)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter I00-I99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • 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.-)

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