I85.1Non-billable
Secondary esophageal varices
Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system
Inclusion Terms
4 items
Inclusion Terms
- •Esophageal varices secondary to alcoholic liver disease
- •Esophageal varices secondary to cirrhosis of liver
- •Esophageal varices secondary to schistosomiasis
- •Esophageal varices secondary to toxic liver disease
Code First
1 item
Code First
- •underlying disease
Coding Guidance
I85.1 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes2
10 items
Excludes2
From I00-I99:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •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.-)