1 ICD-9-CM 438.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 438.9 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015.
1. vein-a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood. vena, venous blood vessel. accessory cephalic vein, vena cephalica accessoria-a vein that passes along the radial edge of the forearm and joins the cephalic vein near the elbow.
Phlebology is the term for modern vein medicine, mostly pertaining to vein disease of the lower extremities. Even our specialty societies are now shying away from the term Phlebology due to confusion with âPhlebotomistsââphlebotomists being persons lab techs trained to draw blood.