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ICD-10-CM Code for Heart failure, unspecified I50.9

ICD-10 code I50.9 for Heart failure, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the circulatory system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Heart failure, unspecified
Cardiac, heart or myocardial failure NOS
Congestive heart disease
Congestive heart failure NOS
Excludes2: fluid overload unrelated to congestive heart failure (E87.70)

I50

Excludes2: cardiac arrest (I46.-)
neonatal cardiac failure (P29.0)

Code first 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)

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