I26.04

Fat embolism of pulmonary artery with acute cor pulmonale

Billable / specificHCC V28 267

I26.04 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from I26)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from I26)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from I26)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from I26)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from I26)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from I26)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from I26)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from I26)
systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from I26)
transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-) (from I26)
chronic pulmonary embolism (I27.82) (from I26)
personal history of pulmonary embolism (Z86.711) (from I26)
pulmonary embolism complicating abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2) (from I26)
pulmonary embolism complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.-) (from I26)
pulmonary embolism due to trauma (T79.0, T79.1) (from I26)
pulmonary embolism due to complications of surgical and medical care (T80.0, T81.7-, T82.8-) (from I26)
septic (non-pulmonary) arterial embolism (I76) (from I26)

Sequence the underlying condition first.