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I51

Non-billable

Complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease

Complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease

This is a header/category code. For billing purposes, use a more specific child code from the list below.

Status

Non-billable / Header

Block

I30-I5A

Child Codes

9

Coding Notes

Excludes 1

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

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.-)

Child Codes (9)

I51.0

Cardiac septal defect, acquired

BillableI51.1

Rupture of chordae tendineae, not elsewhere classified

BillableI51.2

Rupture of papillary muscle, not elsewhere classified

BillableI51.3

Intracardiac thrombosis, not elsewhere classified

BillableI51.4

Myocarditis, unspecified

BillableI51.5

Myocardial degeneration

BillableI51.7

Cardiomegaly

BillableI51.8

Other ill-defined heart diseases

I51.9

Heart disease, unspecified

Billable

Also Known As / Clinical Terms

UMLS

Frequently Asked Questions

What is ICD-10 code I51?

ICD-10-CM code I51 represents "Complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

Is I51 a billable code?

No, I51 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 9 child codes under I51.

What chapter is I51 in?

I51 is in Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System (codes I00-I99).

What codes cannot be used with I51?

I51 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: any condition in I51.4-I51.9 due to hypertension (I11.-); any condition in I51.4-I51.9 due to hypertension and chronic kidney disease (I13.-); heart disease specified as rheumatic (I00-I09).

What are the subcategories under I51?

I51 has 9 child codes, including: I51.0 (Cardiac septal defect, acquired), I51.1 (Rupture of chordae tendineae, not elsewhere classified), I51.2 (Rupture of papillary muscle, not elsewhere classified), I51.3 (Intracardiac thrombosis, not elsewhere classified), and 5 more.

What are the UMLS CUIs for I51?

I51 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0155711. 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.