I51

The ICD-10-CM code for complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease is I51. The full clinical description is "Complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease". I51 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code I51 represents “Complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease”. It is classified under Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

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.

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

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).

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.

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.

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

I51 maps to the ICD-11 code: BC4Z (Diseases of the myocardium or cardiac chambers, unspecified).