Venous Insufficiency ICD-10-CM Codes
Explore this short guide to the ICD-10 code used for venous insufficiency and learn more about the code’s billability, synonyms, and clinical descriptions.
By Jamie Frew on Feb 29, 2024.
Fact Checked by Nate Lacson.
What ICD-10 Codes are Used for Venous Insufficiency
The most accurate ICD-10 code for venous insufficiency practitioners can use for diagnosis, documentation, billing, and coding is I87.2: Venous Insufficiency (Chronic) (Peripheral).
Is the Venous Insufficiency ICD code Billable?
Yes, I87.2: Venous Insufficiency (Chronic) (Peripheral), the code one can use for venous insufficiency, is billable.
Clinical Information
- Venous insufficiency is when the veins have trouble sending blood from one’s limbs back to the heart. The result of this condition is that blood collects in one’s legs.
- Being overweight, pregnant, having a family history of the condition, smoking, not having an active lifestyle, or incurring damage due to surgery, an injury, or blood clots can increase one’s risk of having venous insufficiency.
- Some symptoms of venous insufficiency are swelling in the legs/ankles, pain when walking, varicose veins, and cramps or tight/uncomfortable feelings in the calves/legs.
- A practitioner will take one’s medical history and conduct an imaging test called the Duplex ultrasound to diagnose venous insufficiency.
- There are numerous factors to consider when formulating a treatment plan for venous insufficiency. However, some common treatments for this condition are medication, endovenous laser/radiofrequency ablation, sclerotherapy, surgery, and elevating one’s legs.
Synonyms Include:
- Dermatitis statis
- Venous statis edema
- Statis dermatitis
- Varicose eczema
- Extrinsic venous compression of flap
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Commonly asked questions
You can use the venous insufficiency ICD code when you’ve confirmed the diagnosis through examination and tests.
Yes, the lone ICD-10 diagnosis code for venous insufficiency is billable.
Common treatments for venous insufficiency are medication, surgery, radiofrequency ablation, endovenous laser ablation, sclerotherapy, and elevation of one’s legs.
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