I50.8
Non-billableOther heart failure
Other 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 (5)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code I50.8?
ICD-10-CM code I50.8 represents "Other heart failure". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.
Is I50.8 a billable code?
No, I50.8 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 5 child codes under I50.8.
What chapter is I50.8 in?
I50.8 is in Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System (codes I00-I99).
What are the subcategories under I50.8?
I50.8 has 5 child codes, including: I50.81 (Right heart failure), I50.82 (Biventricular heart failure), I50.83 (High output heart failure), I50.84 (End stage heart failure), and 1 more.
What are the UMLS CUIs for I50.8?
I50.8 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C4509229. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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