ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

I42.0 Dilated cardiomyopathy

Header codeNot billable: use one of the 3 billable codes below

About I42.0

Code
I42.0
Billable
No, header
Short description
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Category
I42 Cardiomyopathy
Block
I30-I5A Other forms of heart disease
Chapter
9 Diseases of the circulatory system
Code set
FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027
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Coding notes for I42.0

No notes of its own; the notes below apply from the codes above it.

Also applies, from I42 Cardiomyopathy

Includes Conditions this code covers.

  • myocardiopathy

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

  • ischemic cardiomyopathy (I25.5)
  • peripartum cardiomyopathy (O90.3)
  • ventricular hypertrophy (I51.7)

Code first Report the underlying condition's code before this one.

  • pre-existing cardiomyopathy complicating pregnancy and puerperium (O99.4)
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.-)

Codes under I42.0 3

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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.