Venous Clinical Severity Score (VCSS)
Venous Clinical Severity Score (Vasquez 2010): 10 attributes each scored 0-3; total 0-30, higher = more severe chronic venous disease.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Pain
- 2
- Varicose veins
- 2
- Venous edema
- 1
- Skin pigmentation
- 1
- Inflammation
- 1
Result: Venous Clinical Severity Score 7 of 30 — higher = more severe venous disease.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- 0-30
- 10 attributes each 0-3; higher = more severe chronic venous disease. Complements CEAP. A severity score, not a diagnosis.
What you enter
- Pain (0-3)
- Varicose veins (0-3)
- Venous edema (0-3)
- Skin pigmentation (0-3)
- Inflammation (0-3)
- Induration (0-3)
- Number of active ulcers (0-3)
- Active ulcer duration (0-3)
The other 2 fields
- Active ulcer size (0-3)
- Use of compression therapy (0-3)
How this is calculated
Vasquez MA, Rabe E, McLafferty RB, et al. Revision of the venous clinical severity score: venous outcomes consensus statement. J Vasc Surg. 2010;52(5):1387-1396. Read the source ↗
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