I87.339 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer and inflammation of unspecified lower extremity

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applies from I87.3 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic)

Applicable to

• Stasis edema

Excludes1 (never code together)

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

Applies from I87.33 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer and inflammation

Use additional code

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

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• CMS-HCC V28: HCC 383 — Chronic Ulcer of Skin, Except Pressure, Not Specified as Through to Bone or Muscle
• CMS-HCC V22: HCC 107 — Vascular Disease with Complications
• ESRD V24: HCC 107

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 299-301 in MDC 05.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 459.33 Chronic venous hypertension with ulcer and inflammation (approximate)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Unspecified code (laterality): Unspecified codes for which a more specific code identifying laterality (right, left, bilateral) exists within the same code family.

Code annotations containing back-references to I87.339

Back-references to I87.33

• Code First: L97 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified ("chronic venous hypertension (I87.31-, I87.33-)")

Back-references to I87.3

• Type 1 Excludes: I87.0 Postthrombotic syndrome ("chronic venous hypertension without deep vein thrombosis (I87.3-)")

Nearby codes

• I87.329 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with inflammation of unspecified lower extremity
• I87.33 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer and inflammation
• I87.331 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer and inflammation of right lower extremity
• I87.332 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer and inflammation of left lower extremity
• I87.333 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer and inflammation of bilateral lower extremity
• I87.339 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with ulcer and inflammation of unspecified lower extremity (this code)
• I87.39 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with other complications
• I87.391 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with other complications of right lower extremity
• I87.392 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with other complications of left lower extremity
• I87.393 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with other complications of bilateral lower extremity
• I87.399 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with other complications of unspecified lower extremity