ICD-10-CM Code I40
Acute myocarditis
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 I40 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of I40 that describes the diagnosis 'acute myocarditis' in more detail.
- I40 Acute myocarditis NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE I40.0 Infective myocarditis
- BILLABLE I40.1 Isolated myocarditis
- BILLABLE I40.8 Other acute myocarditis
- BILLABLE I40.9 Acute myocarditis, unspecified
Coding Notes for I40 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section. - Subacute myocarditis
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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 myocarditis - instead, use code I01.2
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'I40 - Acute myocarditis'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code I40. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.