AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2025 Issue 1; Ask the Editor

Diabetes Mellitus and Venous Insufficiency

A patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus, a history of venous insufficiency and venous stasis dermatitis was admitted with a venous stasis ulcer with cellulitis and edema of the left lower leg. Is it appropriate to assume a relationship between diabetes mellitus and venous insufficiency based on the Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 2018 page 7, that clarifies peripheral vascular disease and diabetes should be linked and coded as “diabetic peripheral angiopathy?” What are the appropriate code assignments for venous stasis ulcer due to venous insufficiency in a patient with diabetes mellitus? ...

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