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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

I26.90

Septic pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where I26.90 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. I26 Pulmonary embolism
  2. I26.9 Parent Pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale
  3. I26.90 This code Septic pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Includes

pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) infarction

Inherited from I26 — Pulmonary embolism

Includes

pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thromboembolism

Inherited from I26 — Pulmonary embolism

Includes

pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thrombosis

Inherited from I26 — Pulmonary embolism

Excludes1

cor pulmonale without embolism ( I27.81 )

Inherited from I26 — Pulmonary embolism

Excludes2

chronic pulmonary embolism ( I27.82 )

Inherited from I26 — Pulmonary embolism

Excludes2

personal history of pulmonary embolism ( Z86.711 )

Inherited from I26 — Pulmonary embolism

Excludes2

pulmonary embolism complicating abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2 )

Inherited from I26 — Pulmonary embolism

Excludes2

pulmonary embolism complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium ( O88 .-)

Inherited from I26 — Pulmonary embolism

Excludes2

pulmonary embolism due to trauma ( T79.0 , T79.1 )

Inherited from I26 — Pulmonary embolism

Excludes2

pulmonary embolism due to complications of surgical and medical care ( T80.0 , T81.7- , T82.8- )

Inherited from I26 — Pulmonary embolism

Excludes2

septic (non-pulmonary) arterial embolism ( I76 )

Inherited from I26 — Pulmonary embolism

Code First

underlying infection

Version History

How I26.90 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Septic pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Septic pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale

Related Codes

Other codes under I26.9

Codes whose official notes reference I26.90

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

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