Heart failure
Non-billable header
I50 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- 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.-)
- cardiac arrest (I46.-)
- neonatal cardiac failure (P29.0)
Code first
Sequence the underlying condition first.
- heart failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
- heart failure due to hypertension (I11.0)
- heart failure due to hypertension with chronic kidney disease (I13.-)
- heart failure following surgery (I97.13-)
- obstetric surgery and procedures (O75.4)
- rheumatic heart failure (I09.81)
More specific codes I50
Related codes
- I30Acute pericarditisHeader
- I31Other diseases of pericardiumHeader
- I32Pericarditis in diseases classified elsewhereBillable
- I33Acute and subacute endocarditisHeader
- I34Nonrheumatic mitral valve disordersHeader
- I35Nonrheumatic aortic valve disordersHeader
- I36Nonrheumatic tricuspid valve disordersHeader
- I37Nonrheumatic pulmonary valve disordersHeader
- I38Endocarditis, valve unspecifiedBillable
- I39Endocarditis and heart valve disorders in diseases classified elsewhereBillable
- I40Acute myocarditisHeader
- I41Myocarditis in diseases classified elsewhereBillable
- I42CardiomyopathyHeader
- I43Cardiomyopathy in diseases classified elsewhereBillable
- I44Atrioventricular and left bundle-branch blockHeader
- I45Other conduction disordersHeader
- I46Cardiac arrestHeader
- I47Paroxysmal tachycardiaHeader
- I48Atrial fibrillation and flutterHeader
- I49Other cardiac arrhythmiasHeader
- I51Complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart diseaseHeader
- I52Other heart disorders in diseases classified elsewhereBillable
- I5ANon-ischemic myocardial injury (non-traumatic)Billable