I50
Non-billableHeart failure
Heart failure
This is a header/category code. For billing purposes, use a more specific child code from the list below.
Coding Notes
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- 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
The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code
- 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)
Child Codes (6)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
UMLS
- Cardiac FailureC0018801
- Cardiac failureC0018801
- Cardiac failure (NOS)C0018801
- Cardiac failure NOSC0018801
- Cardiac function failedC0018801
- Cardiac function failureC0018801
- Cardiac insufficiencyC0018801
- Failure heartC0018801
- HF - Heart failureC0018801
- Heart FailureC0018801
- Heart failureC0018801
- Heart failure (NOS)C0018801
- Heart failure (disorder)C0018801
- Heart failure, unspecifiedC0018801
- Heart failuresC0018801
- Heart insufficiencyC0018801
- Insufficiency cardiacC0018801
- Weak heartC0018801
- cardiac failureC0018801
- cardiac failuresC0018801
- cardiac insufficiencyC0018801
- failure cardiacC0018801
- failures heartC0018801
- heart failureC0018801
- heart failuresC0018801
- heart insufficiencyC0018801
- heart weaknessC0018801
- heart weaknessesC0018801
- hearts weakC0018801
- insufficiency cardiacC0018801
- insufficiency heartC0018801
- myocardial failureC0018801
- weak heartC0018801
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code I50?
ICD-10-CM code I50 represents "Heart failure". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.
Is I50 a billable code?
No, I50 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 6 child codes under I50.
What chapter is I50 in?
I50 is in Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System (codes I00-I99).
What are the subcategories under I50?
I50 has 6 child codes, including: I50.1 (Left ventricular failure, unspecified), I50.2 (Systolic (congestive) heart failure), I50.3 (Diastolic (congestive) heart failure), I50.4 (Combined systolic and diastolic (congestive) hrt fail), and 2 more.
What are the UMLS CUIs for I50?
I50 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0018801. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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