I87.31

Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer

Non-billable header

I87.31 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • chronic venous hypertension due to deep vein thrombosis (I87.0-) (from I87.3)
  • varicose veins of lower extremities (I83.-) (from I87.3)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from I87)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from I87)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from I87)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from I87)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from I87)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from I87)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from I87)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from I87)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from I87)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-) (from I87)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to specify site and severity of ulcer (L97.-)

Parent code

  • I87.3Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic)Header

More specific codes I87.31

  • I87.311Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer of right lower extremityBillable
  • I87.312Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer of left lower extremityBillable
  • I87.313Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer of bilateral lower extremityBillable
  • I87.319Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer of unspecified lower extremityBillable

Related codes

  • I87.30Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) without complicationsHeader
  • I87.32Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with inflammationHeader
  • I87.33Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer and inflammationHeader
  • I87.39Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with other complicationsHeader

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