ICD-10-CM assumes a causal relationship and this is coded as hypertensive heart disease with CHF and an additional code for the specific type of heart failure. In this case, the PDX of hypertensive heart disease with CHF (I11.0) is reported as the PDX followed by the code for the heart failure (I50.9) Under the Category I50 in the ICD-10-CM ...
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The ICD-10-CM is a catalog of diagnosis codes used by medical professionals for medical coding and reporting in health care settings. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the catalog in the U.S. releasing yearly updates.
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H65.20 [convert to ICD-9-CM] Chronic serous otitis media, unspecified ear. Chronic serous otitis media; Otitis media (middle ear infection), chronic serous; Otitis media, chronic serosanguinous; Serosanguineous chronic otitis media. ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H65.20.
ICD-10-CM Code for Systolic (congestive) heart failure I50. 2.
I50. 21 - Acute systolic (congestive) heart failure. ICD-10-CM.
Acute systolic (congestive) heart failure I50. 21 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM I50. 21 became effective on October 1, 2021.
I50. 23 - Acute on chronic systolic (congestive) heart failure. ICD-10-CM.
Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), also called systolic failure: The left ventricle loses its ability to contract normally. The heart can't pump with enough force to push enough blood into circulation.
If you have systolic heart failure, it means your heart does not contract effectively with each heartbeat. If you have diastolic heart failure, it means your heart isn't able to relax normally between beats. Both types of left-sided heart failure can lead to right-sided heart failure.
I50. 1 - Left ventricular failure, unspecified. ICD-10-CM.
When the provider has linked either diastolic or systolic dysfunction with acute or chronic heart failure, it should be coded as 'acute/chronic diastolic or systolic heart failure. ' If there is no provider documentation linking the two conditions, assign code I50. 9, Heart failure, unspecified.”
We have received a denial for code I50.21 [Acute systolic (con gestive) heart failure] . The only physician documentation that I can find in this record states, "New onset mild systolic congestive heart failure; left bundle branch block, mild left ventricular global hypokinesis." Also, I do not see the term "new onset" listed in the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index for heart failure nor in the Tabular List for this code. Am I missing something that the coder didn't? Or should a query have been sent for clarification?
If they just discovered a chronic heart failure, then the fact that it is a "new diagnos is" doesn't mean it is "new onset", and you could just have chronic in that instance. " New onset" when talking about heart failure is sort of a misonomer anyway.