ICD-10-CM Code I27
Other pulmonary heart diseases
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code I27 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the five child codes of I27 that describes the diagnosis 'other pulmonary heart diseases' in more detail.
- I27 Other pulmonary heart diseases NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE I27.0 Primary pulmonary hypertension
- BILLABLE I27.1 Kyphoscoliotic heart disease
- BILLABLE I27.2 Other secondary pulmonary hypertension
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- I27.81 Cor pulmonale (chronic) BILLABLE
- I27.82 Chronic pulmonary embolism BILLABLE
- I27.89 Other specified pulmonary heart diseases BILLABLE
- BILLABLE I27.9 Pulmonary heart disease, unspecified
The ICD code I27 is used to code Pulmonary heart disease
Pulmonary heart disease, also known as cor pulmonale is the enlargement and failure of the right ventricle of the heart as a response to increased vascular resistance (such as from pulmonic stenosis) or high blood pressure in the lungs
Specialty: | Pulmonology |
MeSH Code: | D011660 |
ICD 9 Code: | 415.0 |
Right ventricular hypertrophy
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'I27 - Other pulmonary heart diseases'
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