Is I50.82 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. I50.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does I50.82 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Other forms of heart disease (I30-I5A).

I50.82

I50.82 — Biventricular heart failure

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I50.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for biventricular heart failure. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Code also

Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.

the type of left ventricular failure as systolic, diastolic, or combined, if known (I50.2-I50.43)

Other codes that can never be billed with I50.82

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at I50.82. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading I50.82 alone.

I50.814Right heart failure due to left heart failure

Risk adjustment

I50.82 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

HCC 226 Heart Failure, Except End Stage and Acute0.360 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

I50.82 is named in 57 Medicare coverage policies — 57 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A52458Automatic External Defibrillators - Policy Article
A52458Automatic External Defibrillators - Policy Article
A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography

How I50.82 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 I50.82.

Biventricular failure(heart)
Failure, failed›biventricular
Failure, failed›heart›biventricular
Failure, failed›heart›combined left-right sided

Related codes at this level

Codes that share I50.8. If I50.82 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about I50.82

Is I50.82 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. I50.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does I50.82 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Other forms of heart disease (I30-I5A).