I86.3 Vulval varices

✓ Billable ICD-10-CM 2026
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The ICD-10-CM code for Vulval varices is I86.3 (FY2026). It is a billable, claim-ready diagnosis code.

Classification

Section
I80-I89: Diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes, not elsewhere classified (I80-I89)
Category I86
7 codes (6 billable)
FY2026 Status
Stable since FY2024

Also Known As

ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index entries that lead to I86.3:

  • Varix (lower limb) › labia (majora)
  • Varicocele (scrotum) (thrombosed) › perineum
  • Varix (lower limb) › vulva
  • Varix (lower limb) › perineum
  • Varicose › ulcer (lower limb, any part) › perineum
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative › varicose (lower limb, any part) › perineum
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative › varicose (lower limb, any part) › vulva
Excludes1
Not coded here. These conditions should NOT be coded together with I86.3.
  • vulval varices complicating childbirth and the puerperium (O87.8)
  • vulval varices complicating pregnancy (O22.1-)

U.S. Hospital Utilization

  • An estimated 280 U.S. inpatient stays in 2023 included I86.3 among the documented diagnoses.

Source: National Inpatient Sample (NIS), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2016–2023. National survey-weighted estimates.

Official Coding Guidelines

Presumed relationship due to Index term “with”

The classification presumes a causal relationship between hypertension and heart involvement and between hypertension and kidney involvement, as the two conditions are linked by the term “with” in the Alphabetic Index. These conditions should be coded as related even in the absence of provider documentation explicitly linking them, unless the documentation clearly states the conditions are unrelated.

— ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY2026, Section I.C.9.a
Provider must link conditions not specifically indexed as related

For hypertension and conditions not specifically linked by relational terms such as “with,” “associated with” or “due to” in the classification, provider documentation must link the conditions in order to code them as related.

— ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY2026, Section I.C.9.a

Source: CMS — ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY2026

References

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Reviewed by Prajwal Shrestha, CPC, CRC
Certified Professional Coder (CPC) and Certified Risk Adjustment Coder (CRC) · AAPC Member ID 01997614 · About · Editorial policy · Content last reviewed: 2025-10-01

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