I50.1

ICD-10Billable

Left ventricular failure, unspecified

Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)

Left ventricular failure, unspecified

I50.1 is valid for submission on a claim — CMS flags it as a billable, specific code.

Inclusion terms

  • Cardiac asthma
  • Edema of lung with heart disease NOS
  • Edema of lung with heart failure
  • Left heart failure
  • Pulmonary edema with heart disease NOS
  • Pulmonary edema with heart failure

Excludes1

Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.

  • edema of lung without heart disease or heart failure (J81.-)
  • pulmonary edema without heart disease or failure (J81.-)

Related codes in I50

Where this code sits

Parent code
I50

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Source

ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.

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