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FY2027

I50 — Heart failure

Not billable

Is I50 billable?

No — I50 is a non-billable header code. I50 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 23 billable codes beneath I50.

Billable codes under this header

I50 at a glance

CodeI50
DescriptionHeart failure
BillableNo — header code
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Code first

The underlying condition below must be sequenced before I50. I50 describes a manifestation and cannot be the principal or first-listed diagnosis.

  • heart failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
  • heart failure due to hypertension (I11.0)
  • heart failure due to hypertension with chronic kidney disease (I13.-)
  • heart failure following surgery (I97.13-)
  • obstetric surgery and procedures (O75.4)
  • rheumatic heart failure (I09.81)

Excludes2 — not included here

The conditions below are not part of I50, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, I50 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • cardiac arrest (I46.-)
  • neonatal cardiac failure (P29.0)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 9

The conditions below are not part of I50, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, I50 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)

What codes fall under I50? (6)

How long has I50 existed?

I50 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.