Cor pulmonale (chronic)
Billable / specificHCC V28 226
I27.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Cor pulmonale NOS
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- acute cor pulmonale (I26.0-)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from I27)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from I27)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from I27)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from I27)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from I27)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from I27)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from I27)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from I27)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from I27)
- transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-) (from I27)
Code also
An additional code may be needed.
- , if applicable, right heart failure (I50.81-)
Also known as
- Cor pulmonale NOS
- Cor, pulmonale
- Cor, pulmonale, acute, without pulmonary embolism
- Cor, pulmonale, chronic
- Pancake heart, with cor pulmonale
Parent code
- I27.8Other specified pulmonary heart diseasesHeader