Saddle embolus of pulmonary artery with acute cor pulmonale

1. ICD-10-CM Codes
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2. I00-I99 Diseases of the circulatory system
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3. I26-I28 Pulmonary heart disease and diseases of pulmonary circulation
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4. I26- Pulmonary embolism
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5. 2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I26.92

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I26.92

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code

• I26.92 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
• Short description: Saddle embolus of pulmonary artery w/o acute cor pulmonale
• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM I26.92 became effective on October 1, 2022.
• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of I26.92 - other international versions of ICD-10 I26.92 may differ.

The following code(s) above I26.92 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

• Applicable To annotations, or
• Code Also annotations, or
• Code First annotations, or
• Excludes1 annotations, or
• Excludes2 annotations, or
• Includes annotations, or
• Note annotations, or
• Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to I26.92:

• I00-I99

  2023 ICD-10-CM Range I00-I99

  Diseases of the circulatory systemType 2 Excludescertain 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.-)

  Diseases of the circulatory system
• I26

  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I26

  Pulmonary embolism

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

  Includes

  • pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) infarction
  • pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thromboembolism
  • pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thrombosis

  Type 2 Excludes

  • chronic pulmonary embolism (I27.82)
  • personal history of pulmonary embolism (Z86.711)
  • pulmonary embolism complicating abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
  • pulmonary embolism complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.-)
  • pulmonary embolism due to trauma (T79.0, T79.1)
  • pulmonary embolism due to complications of surgical and medical care (T80.0, T81.7-, T82.8-)
  • septic (non-pulmonary) arterial embolism (I76)
  Pulmonary embolism

Approximate Synonyms

• Saddle embolus of pulmonary artery

ICD-10-CM I26.92 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

• 175 Pulmonary embolism with mcc or acute cor pulmonale
• 176 Pulmonary embolism without mcc
• 791 Prematurity with major problems
• 793 Full term neonate with major problems

Convert I26.92 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

• 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
• 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
• 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
• 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
• 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
• 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
• 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
• 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to I26.92:

• Embolism (multiple) (paradoxical) I74.9

  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I74.9

  Embolism and thrombosis of unspecified artery

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  • pulmonary (acute) (artery) (vein) I26.99

    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I26.99

    Other pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code

    Applicable To

    • Acute pulmonary embolism NOS
    • Pulmonary embolism NOS
    • saddle I26.92
  • saddle
    • pulmonary artery I26.92
• Saddle
  • embolus
    • pulmonary artery I26.92

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To I26.92

I25.84 Coronary atherosclerosis due to calcified coronary lesion

I25.89 Other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease

I25.9 Chronic ischemic heart disease, unspecified

I26 Pulmonary embolism

I26.0 Pulmonary embolism with acute cor pulmonale

I26.01 Septic pulmonary embolism with acute cor pulmonale

I26.02 Saddle embolus of pulmonary artery with acute cor pulmonale

I26.09 Other pulmonary embolism with acute cor pulmonale

I26.9 Pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale

I26.90 Septic pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale

I26.92 Saddle embolus of pulmonary artery without acute cor pulmonale

I26.93 Single subsegmental pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale

I26.94 Multiple subsegmental pulmonary emboli without acute cor pulmonale

I26.99 Other pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale

I27 Other pulmonary heart diseases

I27.0 Primary pulmonary hypertension

I27.1 Kyphoscoliotic heart disease

I27.2 Other secondary pulmonary hypertension

I27.20 Pulmonary hypertension, unspecified

I27.21 Secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension

I27.22 Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.