ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

I01.8 Other acute rheumatic heart disease

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About I01.8

Code
I01.8
Billable
Yes
Short description
Other acute rheumatic heart disease
Category
I01 Rheumatic fever with heart involvement
Block
I00-I02 Acute rheumatic fever
Chapter
9 Diseases of the circulatory system
Code set
FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027
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Coding notes for I01.8

Applicable to Other names for conditions reported with this code.

  • Any condition in I00 with other or multiple types of heart involvement
  • Acute rheumatic pancarditis

Also applies, from I01 Rheumatic fever with heart involvement

Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).

  • chronic diseases of rheumatic origin (I05-I09) unless rheumatic fever is also present or there is evidence of reactivation or activity of the rheumatic process.
Chapter 9 notes (apply to every code in it)

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)

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ICD-10-CM FY2027 code set, as published by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and CMS, effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. Codes, titles and notes are shown as published. Check payer rules and the official guidelines before billing. This page is not medical advice.