Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM
I80.229 Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of unspecified popliteal vein
Instructional notes
Chapter 9
Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)
I80
Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
Code firstSequence the underlying condition first.
Includes
- endophlebitis
- inflammation, vein
- periphlebitis
- suppurative phlebitis
Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system · I80-I89 Diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes, not elsewhere classified (I80-I89)
Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.
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