ICD-10-CM · Chapter 9 · I00–I99
I51.5
Myocardial degeneration
Diseases of the circulatory system
Quick facts
- Code
- I51.5
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 9 — Diseases of the circulatory system
- Category
- I51 — Complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM I51.5 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of myocardial degeneration. 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 I51
- I51Complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease
- I51.0Cardiac septal defect, acquired
- I51.1Rupture of chordae tendineae, not elsewhere classified
- I51.2Rupture of papillary muscle, not elsewhere classified
- I51.3Intracardiac thrombosis, not elsewhere classified
- I51.4Myocarditis, unspecified
- I51.7Cardiomegaly
- I51.8Other ill-defined heart diseases
- I51.81Takotsubo syndrome
- I51.89Other ill-defined heart diseases
- I51.9Heart disease, unspecified
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