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I02.0

I02.0: Rheumatic chorea with heart involvement

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I02.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for rheumatic chorea with heart involvement. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Chorea NOS with heart involvement
  • Rheumatic chorea with heart involvement of any type classifiable under I01.-

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above I02.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on I02: Rheumatic chorea

  • chorea NOS (G25.5)
  • Huntington's chorea (G10)

Other codes that can never be billed with I02.0

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

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

I02.0 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A52868Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
  • A56505Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
  • A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
  • A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Chorea›minor›with heart involvement
  • Chorea›rheumatic›with heart involvement
  • Chorea›with›heart involvement
  • Pericarditis›acute›with chorea(acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's)
  • Pericarditis›rheumatic›with chorea(acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's)
  • Rheumatic›myocarditis›with chorea(acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's)
  • Rheumatic›pancarditis, acute›with chorea(acute (rheumatic) Sydenham's)
  • Rheumatic›pericarditis›with chorea(acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's)
  • Chorea›with›heart involvement›active or acute(conditions in I01-)
  • Endocarditis›acute or subacute›rheumatic›with chorea(acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's)
  • Endocarditis›mitral›active or acute›with chorea(acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's)
  • Endocarditis›rheumatic›active or acute›with chorea(acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under I02

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.