I50.2 Systolic (congestive) heart failure

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applicable to

• Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction [HFrEF]
• Systolic left ventricular heart failure

Excludes1 (never code together)

• combined systolic (congestive) and diastolic (congestive) heart failure (I50.4-)

Code also

• end stage heart failure, if applicable (I50.84)

Applies from I50 Heart failure

Excludes2 (not included here)

• cardiac arrest (I46.-)
• neonatal cardiac failure (P29.0)

Code first

• heart failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
• heart failure due to hypertension (I11.0)
• heart failure due to hypertension with chronic kidney disease (I13.-)
• heart failure following surgery (I97.13-)
• obstetric surgery and procedures (O75.4)
• rheumatic heart failure (I09.81)

Codes under I50.2

• I50.20 Unspecified systolic (congestive) heart failure
• I50.21 Acute systolic (congestive) heart failure
• I50.22 Chronic systolic (congestive) heart failure
• I50.23 Acute on chronic systolic (congestive) heart failure

Code annotations containing back-references to I50.2

Back-references to I50.2

• Code Also: I50.814 Right heart failure due to left heart failure ("the type of left ventricular failure, if known (I50.2-I50.43)")
• Code Also: I50.82 Biventricular heart failure ("the type of left ventricular failure as systolic, diastolic, or combined, if known (I50.2-I50.43)")
• Code Also: I50.84 End stage heart failure ("the type of heart failure as systolic, diastolic, or combined, if known (I50.2-I50.43)")

Back-references to I50

• Code Also: E83.820 Generalized arterial calcification of infancy with unspecified genetic causality ("heart failure (I50.-)")
• Code Also: E83.821 ENPP1 deficiency causing generalized arterial calcification of infancy ("heart failure (I50.-)")
• Code Also: E83.823 ABCC6 deficiency causing generalized arterial calcification of infancy ("heart failure (I50.-)")
• Use Additional: I09.81 Rheumatic heart failure ("code to identify type of heart failure (I50.-)")
• Use Additional: I11.0 Hypertensive heart disease with heart failure ("code to identify type of heart failure (I50.-)")
• Use Additional: I13.0 Hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease with heart failure and stage 1 through stage 4 chronic kidney disease, or unspecified chronic kidney disease ("code to identify type of heart failure (I50.-)")
• Use Additional: I13.2 Hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease with heart failure and with stage 5 chronic kidney disease, or end stage renal disease ("code to identify type of heart failure (I50.-)")
• Use Additional: I16.1 Hypertensive emergency ("acute pulmonary edema (left and/or right ventricular failure) (J81.0, I50.-)")
• Code First: I5A Non-ischemic myocardial injury (non-traumatic) ("heart failure (I50.-)")
• Use Additional: I97.13 Postprocedural heart failure ("code to identify the heart failure (I50.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J91 Pleural effusion in conditions classified elsewhere ("pleural effusion in heart failure (I50.-)")

Nearby codes

• I50 Heart failure
• I50.1 Left ventricular failure, unspecified
• I50.2 Systolic (congestive) heart failure (this code)
• I50.20 Unspecified systolic (congestive) heart failure
• I50.21 Acute systolic (congestive) heart failure
• I50.22 Chronic systolic (congestive) heart failure
• I50.23 Acute on chronic systolic (congestive) heart failure
• I50.3 Diastolic (congestive) heart failure