ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

I85.00 Esophageal varices without bleeding

BillableValid for claims as a specific diagnosis code

About I85.00

Code: I85.00
Billable: Yes
Short description: Esophageal varices without bleeding
Category: I85 Esophageal varices
Block: I80-I89 Diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes, not elsewhere classified
Chapter: 9 Diseases of the circulatory system
Code set: FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027

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Coding notes for I85.00

Applicable to Other names for conditions reported with this code.

Esophageal varices NOS

Also applies, from I85 Esophageal varices

Use additional code Add a second code for the detail named here.

code to identify:
alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)

Chapter 9 notes (apply to every code in it)

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
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.-)

Related codes in I85.0

I85.01 Esophageal varices with bleedingBillable

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ICD-10-CM FY2027 code set, as published by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and CMS, effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. Codes, titles and notes are shown as published. Check payer rules and the official guidelines before billing. This page is not medical advice.