I26.9
I26.9: Pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I26.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above I26.9
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I26.9
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on I26: Pulmonary embolism
- chronic pulmonary embolism (I27.82)
- personal history of pulmonary embolism (Z86.711)
- pulmonary embolism complicating abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
- pulmonary embolism complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.-)
- pulmonary embolism due to trauma (T79.0, T79.1)
- pulmonary embolism due to complications of surgical and medical care (T80.0, T81.7-, T82.8-)
- septic (non-pulmonary) arterial embolism (I76)
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 I26.9
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- I26.90Septic pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale
- I26.92Saddle embolus of pulmonary artery without acute cor pulmonale
- I26.93Single subsegmental thrombotic pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale
- I26.94Multiple subsegmental thrombotic pulmonary emboli without acute cor pulmonale
- I26.95Cement embolism of pulmonary artery without acute cor pulmonale
- I26.96Fat embolism of pulmonary artery without acute cor pulmonale
- I26.99Other pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale