I27.2 — Other secondary pulmonary hypertension
I27.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other secondary pulmonary hypertension. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- Eisenmenger's syndrome (I27.83)
Code also
Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.
- associated underlying condition
Other codes that can never be billed with I27.2
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at I27.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading I27.2 alone.
- I27.0Primary pulmonary hypertension
Risk adjustment
I27.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead I27.2
6 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I27. If I27.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I27.2
- Is I27.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I27.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I27.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Pulmonary heart disease and diseases of pulmonary circulation (I26-I28).
- What cannot be coded together with I27.2?
- I27.2 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.