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I50.1

Billable

Left ventricular failure, unspecified

Left ventricular failure, unspecified

Status

Billable / Specific

Block

I30-I5A

Parent Code

I50

Coding Notes

Inclusion Terms

Alternative clinical terms for this condition

  • Cardiac asthma
  • Edema of lung with heart disease NOS
  • Edema of lung with heart failure
  • Left heart failure
  • Pulmonary edema with heart disease NOS
  • Pulmonary edema with heart failure

Excludes 1

Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)

  • edema of lung without heart disease or heart failure (J81.-)
  • pulmonary edema without heart disease or failure (J81.-)

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)

Also Known As / Clinical Terms

SNOMED CT

UMLS

Frequently Asked Questions

What is ICD-10 code I50.1?

ICD-10-CM code I50.1 represents "Left ventricular failure, unspecified". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.

Is I50.1 a billable code?

Yes, I50.1 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.

What chapter is I50.1 in?

I50.1 is in Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System (codes I00-I99).

What codes cannot be used with I50.1?

I50.1 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: edema of lung without heart disease or heart failure (J81.-); pulmonary edema without heart disease or failure (J81.-).

What SNOMED CT codes does I50.1 map to?

I50.1 maps to 23 SNOMED CT concepts: 10633002, 364006, 195114002, 74960003, 71892000, and 18 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.

What are the UMLS CUIs for I50.1?

I50.1 is linked to 5 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C1956414, C0023212, C2882268, C2882269, C4509222. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.