I83.005
Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer other part of foot
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
valid age >= 15
This is the unspecified option. 6 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 12 never code together
I83code
I00-I99chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)M30-M36
- transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)G45.-
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 2
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 6 same parent — I83.00
I83.001 Varicose veins of unsp lower extremity with ulcer of thigh I83.002 Varicose veins of unsp lower extremity with ulcer of calf I83.003 Varicose veins of unsp lower extremity with ulcer of ankle I83.004 Varicos vn unsp lower extremity w ulcer of heel and midfoot I83.008 Varicos vn unsp low extrm w ulcer oth part of lower leg I83.009 Varicose veins of unsp lower extremity w ulcer of unsp site
Medications 2
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
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