I51.5
Myocardial degeneration
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Hierarchy
Where I51.5 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.
- I51 Parent Complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease
- I51.5 This code Myocardial degeneration
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
Fatty degeneration of heart or myocardium
Inclusion Terms
Myocardial disease
Inclusion Terms
Senile degeneration of heart or myocardium
Excludes1
myocardial degeneration due to hypertension ( I11 .-)
Excludes1
myocardial degeneration due to hypertension and chronic kidney disease ( I13 .-)
Excludes2
heart disease specified as rheumatic (I00-I09)
Inherited from I51 — Complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease
Version History
How I51.5 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentMyocardial degeneration
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedMyocardial degeneration
Related Codes
Other codes under I51
- I51.0 Cardiac septal defect, acquired Billable
- I51.1 Rupture of chordae tendineae, not elsewhere classified Billable
- I51.2 Rupture of papillary muscle, not elsewhere classified Billable
- I51.3 Intracardiac thrombosis, not elsewhere classified Billable
- I51.4 Myocarditis, unspecified Billable
- I51.7 Cardiomegaly Billable
- I51.8 Other ill-defined heart diseases
- I51.9 Heart disease, unspecified Billable
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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