ICD-10-CM Code I27.8
Other specified 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 I27.8 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of I27.8 that describes the diagnosis 'other specified pulmonary heart diseases' in more detail.
- I27.8 Other specified pulmonary heart diseases NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE I27.81 Cor pulmonale (chronic)
- BILLABLE I27.82 Chronic pulmonary embolism
- BILLABLE I27.89 Other specified pulmonary heart diseases
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 'I27.8 - Other specified pulmonary heart diseases'
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Parent Code: I27 - Other pulmonary heart diseases