I27.848 — Other Fontan-associated condition
I27.848 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other fontan-associated condition. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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- code to specify the Fontan associated condition
Risk adjustment
I27.848 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.
Medicare coverage
I27.848 is named in 21 Medicare coverage policies — 21 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56476Billing and Coding: Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging
- A56476Billing and Coding: Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging
- A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
How I27.848 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 I27.848.
- Condition›Fontan-associated, specified NEC
- Circulation›Fontan related›with›Fontan-associated condition, specified NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I27.84. If I27.848 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I27.848
- Is I27.848 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. I27.848 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does I27.848 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).