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I23.3

I23.3Rupture of cardiac wall without hemopericardium as current complication following acute myocardial infarction

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I23.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for rupture of cardiac wall without hemopericardium as current complication following acute myocardial infarction. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

I23.3 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

  • HCC 229 Unstable Angina and Other Acute Ischemic Heart Disease0.240 RAF

Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.

Medicare coverage

I23.3 is named in 17 Medicare coverage policies 17 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

  • A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
  • A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
  • A52868Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
  • A56476Billing and Coding: Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging

How I23.3 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to I23.3.

  • Rupture, rupturedcardiac(auricle) (ventricle) (wall)
  • Complicationfollowingacute myocardial infarction NECaneurysm(false) (of cardiac wall) (of heart wall) (ruptured)
  • Complicationfollowingacute myocardial infarction NECcardiac wall rupture
  • Complicationfollowingacute myocardial infarction NECrupturecardiac wall

Related codes at this level

Codes that share I23. If I23.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about I23.3

Is I23.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
Yes. I23.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does I23.3 sit in the tabular list?
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Ischemic heart diseases (I20-I25).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 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.