I51.81
I51.81: Takotsubo syndrome
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
I51.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for takotsubo syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check I51.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Reversible left ventricular dysfunction following sudden emotional stress
- Stress induced cardiomyopathy
- Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
- Transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
I51.81 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies: 14 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A52868Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- A56423Billing and Coding: Cardiology Non-emergent Outpatient Stress Testing
- A56476Billing and Coding: Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Cardiomyopathy›stress induced
- Cardiomyopathy›takotsubo
- Dysfunction›left ventricular, following sudden emotional stress
- Syndrome›apical ballooning(transient left ventricular)
- Syndrome›takotsubo
- Syndrome›transient left ventricular apical ballooning
- Dysfunction›ventricular›left, reversible, following sudden emotional stress
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.