Medical Code Search: "heart failure"
Results for “heart failure” from ICD-10-CM, Coding Guidance, MS-DRG and HCPCS Level II. Code titles and billable status are read from the published releases.
Current data releases:ICD-10-CM FY2027 · ICD-10-PCS FY2027 · HCPCS October 2026 · MS-DRG v44 · Medicare Code Editor v44.0 · NCCI PTP Q4 2026 · MUE Q4 2026 · NCD code lists 2026-01 · LCD export September 20, 2026 · All releases and sources
Why these results?
How MedCoder read the search, which code set answered first, and why these codes are shown.
What MedCoder understood
- You searched
- heart failure
- Primary registry
- ICD-10-CM
The ICD-10-CM count is capped at 38: the search stops counting there, so the registry may hold more.
- Understood as a diagnosis or condition search, so ICD-10-CM is ranked first.
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Recommended codes
The codes the published release carries for each pathway, each with the official evidence for the match.
Best matches
Exact title · The official description is the searched wording
Why this matched
- The official description is the searched wording.
- The official description is the searched wording
- The tabular carries it at category level.
- 28 codes below, 23 billable in the tabular hierarchy.
28 codes below, 23 billable
- I50.1Left ventricular failure, unspecifiedBillable
- I50.2Systolic (congestive) heart failureNot billable
- I50.3Diastolic (congestive) heart failureNot billable
- I50.4Combined systolic (congestive) and diastolic (congestive) heart failureNot billable
- I50.8Other heart failureNot billable
- I50.9Heart failure, unspecifiedBillable
Under I50 Heart failure
Title match · Official description matches the search terms
Why this matched
- The official description contains the search terms.
- Sits under I50 Heart failure in the ICD-10-CM tabular.
- The tabular carries it at billable code level.
Under I11 Hypertensive heart disease
Title match · Official description matches the search terms
Why this matched
- The official description contains the search terms.
- Sits under I11 Hypertensive heart disease in the ICD-10-CM tabular.
- The tabular carries it at billable code level.
Heart failure is coded from category I50 by type — I50.2- systolic (HFrEF), I50.3- diastolic (HFpEF), I50.4- combined — and acuity: unspecified, acute, chronic, or acute on chronic.
Guidance · Every search term appears in this guidance
Why this matched
- Every search term appears in this guidance
Generally not side by side. The classification presumes hypertension is related to documented heart involvement and chronic kidney disease, so the combination categories take over — I11.- for qualifying heart conditions…
Guidance · Every search term appears in this guidance
Why this matched
- Every search term appears in this guidance
Related codes
Neighbouring concepts, the primary code’s own tabular relationships, and every code set’s full results.
Explore I50
I50 Heart failure — what its code page carries, from the official tables.
Related concepts, from I50's tabular notes
ICD-10-CM: 38+ matches
See all in ICD-10-CM →3 of them are shown above under Best matches.
Under I50 Heart failure
Title match
4 codes below, all billable
- I50.30Unspecified diastolic (congestive) heart failureBillable
- I50.31Acute diastolic (congestive) heart failureBillable
- I50.32Chronic diastolic (congestive) heart failureBillable
- I50.33Acute on chronic diastolic (congestive) heart failureBillable
Coding Guidance: 5 matches
2 of them are shown above under Best matches.
MS-DRG: 3 matches
Related grouping categories. This search result does not by itself assign an MS-DRG. Final grouping depends on the complete coded record and grouper logic.
HCPCS Level II: 8 matches
Show HCPCS Level II results 8 related results
Official source
Code titles, billable status and tabular instructions on this page are read from the published release files in force today: ICD-10-CM FY2027 (CMS and CDC), MS-DRG v44 (CMS), HCPCS October 2026 (CMS). Open a code to see its official instructions quoted as published, the release and file it came from, its relationships and its change history. A search result is MedCoder’s match of your words to those files, not a code assignment.