I02.9
I02.9: Rheumatic chorea without heart involvement
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
I02.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for rheumatic chorea without heart involvement. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check I02.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Rheumatic chorea NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with I02.9
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- G25.5Other chorea
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
I02.9 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
- A57306Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
- A57326Billing and Coding: Electrocardiograms
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Chorea›minor
- Chorea›rheumatic(chronic)
- Chorea›Sydenham's
- Fever›rheumatic›with central nervous system involvement
- Chorea›with›heart involvement›rheumatic
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.