I26.9Non-billable
Pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale
Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system
Coding Guidance
I26.9 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for right heart strain
right heart strain
View TemplatesRight Heart Strain
View documentation for venous thromboembolism
venous thromboembolism
View TemplatesVenous Thromboembolism
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Includes
3 items
Includes
From I26:
- •pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) infarction
- •pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thromboembolism
- •pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thrombosis
Excludes2
17 items
Excludes2
From I00-I99:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •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.-)