I26 Non-Billable Code
Pulmonary embolism
Chapter Classification
Chapter 9
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)
Section Detail
I26-I28
Pulmonary heart disease and diseases of pulmonary circulation (I26-I28)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
includes
- pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) infarction
- pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thromboembolism
- pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thrombosis
excludes1
- cor pulmonale without embolism (I27.81)
excludes2
- chronic pulmonary embolism (I27.82)
- personal history of pulmonary embolism (Z86.711)
- pulmonary embolism complicating abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
- pulmonary embolism complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.-)
- pulmonary embolism due to trauma (T79.0, T79.1)
- pulmonary embolism due to complications of surgical and medical care (T80.0, T81.7-, T82.8-)
- septic (non-pulmonary) arterial embolism (I76)
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