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I00

I00: Rheumatic fever without heart involvement

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for rheumatic fever without heart involvement. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • rheumatic fever with heart involvement (I01.0 -I01.9)

Includes

Conditions this code covers.

  • arthritis, rheumatic, acute or subacute

Other codes that can never be billed with I00

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • M02Postinfective and reactive arthropathies
  • M05Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

I00 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A57326Billing and Coding: Electrocardiograms

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Fever›rheumatic(active) (acute) (chronic) (subacute)
  • Pneumonia›rheumatic
  • Rheumatic›pneumonia
  • Erythema, erythematous›marginatum›in acute rheumatic fever(due to)
  • Pneumonia›in›rheumatic fever

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.