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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

I50.81

Right heart failure

Release
FY 2027
Effective

Hierarchy

Where I50.81 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. I50 Heart failure
  2. I50.8 Parent Other heart failure
  3. I50.81 This code Right heart failure

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.

Inclusion Terms

Right ventricular failure

Excludes2

cardiac arrest ( I46 .-)

Inherited from I50 — Heart failure

Excludes2

neonatal cardiac failure ( P29.0 )

Inherited from I50 — Heart failure

Code First

heart failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8 )

Inherited from I50 — Heart failure

Code First

heart failure due to hypertension ( I11.0 )

Inherited from I50 — Heart failure

Code First

heart failure due to hypertension with chronic kidney disease ( I13 .-)

Inherited from I50 — Heart failure

Code First

heart failure following surgery ( I97.13- )

Inherited from I50 — Heart failure

Code First

obstetric surgery and procedures ( O75.4 )

Inherited from I50 — Heart failure

Code First

rheumatic heart failure ( I09.81 )

Inherited from I50 — Heart failure

More Specific Codes

5 codes under I50.81

Version History

How I50.81 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Right heart failure

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Right heart failure

Other codes under I50.8

Codes whose official notes reference I50.81

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

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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