ICD-10-CM Code I33
Acute and subacute endocarditis
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 I33 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of I33 that describes the diagnosis 'acute and subacute endocarditis' in more detail.
- I33 Acute and subacute endocarditis NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code I33 is used to code Infective endocarditis
Infective endocarditis is a form of endocarditis. It is an inflammation of the inner tissues of the heart, the endocardium (such as its valves). It is caused by infectious agents, or pathogens, which are usually bacterial but other organisms can also be responsible. Before the age of modern antibiotics it was almost universally fatal.
| Specialty: | Cardiology, Infectious Disease |
| MeSH Codes: | , |
| ICD 9 Codes: | 421.0, 421.1 |
A mitral valve vegetation caused by bacterial endocarditis.
Coding Notes for I33 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Acute rheumatic endocarditis - instead, use code I01.1
- Endocarditis NOS - instead, use Code I38
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'I33 - Acute and subacute endocarditis'
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