I50.8
I50.8 — Other heart failure
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I50.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other heart failure. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with I50.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at I50.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading I50.8 alone.
- I50.814Right heart failure due to left heart failure
Risk adjustment
I50.8 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 I50.8
5 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share I50. If I50.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about I50.8
- Is I50.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I50.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I50.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Other forms of heart disease (I30-I5A).