I26
Pulmonary embolism
Non-billableCategory
Coding Guidelines
Includes
- pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) infarction
- pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thromboembolism
- pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thrombosis
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with I26
- I27.81 - cor pulmonale without embolism (I27.81)
Excludes2 (Not Included Here)
These conditions are not part of this code but may be reported additionally if documented
- I27.82 - chronic pulmonary embolism (I27.82)
- Z86.711 - 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-)
- I76 - septic (non-pulmonary) arterial embolism (I76)
