Complete ICD-10-CM coding and documentation guide for icd-10 coding for heart failure includes clinical validation requirements, medical necessity guidelines, and coding policies.
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Essential facts and insights about ICD-10 Coding for Heart Failure
Use ICD-10 code I50.21 for acute systolic (congestive) heart failure, ensuring proper documentation in clinical notes.
Additional codes that may be used with this diagnosis
Hypertensive heart disease with heart failure
Use when heart failure is due to hypertension.
Hypertensive heart and CKD with heart failure
Use when heart failure is associated with CKD and hypertension.
The ICD-10 code for heart failure varies by type: I50.21 for acute systolic, I50.31 for acute diastolic, and I50.9 for unspecified heart failure.
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is coded as I50.31 for acute cases and I50.32 for chronic cases, based on EF >50%.