I83.8Varicose veins of lower extremities with other complications

I83.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for varicose veins of lower extremities with other complications. It belongs to category I83 (varicose veins of lower extremities), block I80-I89 (diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes, not elsewhere classified) and chapter 9 (diseases of the circulatory system). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within I83, choose I83.8 (with other complications) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: with ulcer (I83.0), with inflammation (I83.1), with both ulcer and inflammation (I83.2) and Asymptomatic varicose veins of lower extremities (I83.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: I83.81 (pain) and I83.89 (complications).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.