I83.219
Varicose veins of right lower extremity with both ulcer of unspecified site and inflammation
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.
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 6 same parent — I83.21
I83.211 Varicos vn of r low extrem w ulc of thigh and inflammation I83.212 Varicos vn of r low extrem w ulc of calf and inflammation I83.213 Varicos vn of r low extrem w ulc of ankle and inflammation I83.214 Varicos vn of r low extrem w ulc of heel & midft and inflam I83.215 Varicos vn of r low extrem w ulc oth part of foot and inflam I83.218 Varicos vn of r low extrem w ulc oth prt low extrm & inflam
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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