E87.7
E87.7: Fluid overload
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
E87.7 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fluid overload. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E87.7
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on E87: Other disorders of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance
Other codes that can never be billed with E87.7
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- J95.87Transfusion-associated dyspnea (TAD)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead E87.7
3 child codes. Green means billable.