ICD-10-CM · Chapter 9 · I00–I99
I01.8
Other acute rheumatic heart disease
Diseases of the circulatory system
Quick facts
- Code
- I01.8
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 9 — Diseases of the circulatory system
- Category
- I01 — Rheumatic fever with heart involvement
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM I01.8 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of other acute rheumatic heart disease. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in I01
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