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454.1 |
Varicose veins of lower extremities with inflammation |
| POA Exempt |
| Billable Code | ICD-9-CM 454.1 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim. |
| ICD-9-CM '454.1' will be replaced by an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes) when the United States transitions from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM on October 1, 2015. |
| GEMS |
| 454.1 direcly converts to ICD-10-CM |
| ICD-10-CM I83.10 Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with inflammation |
| icd9cmvol2 index entry |
| ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to '.454.1.' |
| dermatitis (see also Varix, with stasis dermatitis) |
| eczema (see also Varix, with stasis dermatitis) |
| hypostatic, hypostatica |
| inflamed or infected |
| inflammation or infection |
| stasis |
| stasis dermatitis |
| stasis (lower extremity) |
| varicose |
| varicose (leg) (lower extremity) (see also Varicose, vein) |
| varicose veins (see also Varicose, vein, inflamed or infected) |
| Applies To |
| Stasis dermatitis |
| Varicose veins with inflammation of lower extremity [any part] or of unspecified site |
| Any condition classifiable to 454.9 with inflammation or specified as inflamed |
| ICD-9-CM codes are used in medical billing and coding to describe diseases, injuries, symptoms and conditions. ICD-9-CM 454.1 is one of thousands of ICD-9-CM codes used in healthcare. Although ICD-9-CM and CPT codes are largely numeric, they differ in that CPT codes describe medical procedures and services. Can't find a code? Start at the root of ICD-9-CM, check the 2015 ICD-9-CM Index or use the search engine at the top of this page to lookup any code. |
