I51.5
Myocardial degeneration
Billable
Code Hierarchy
I51I51.5
Coding Guidelines
Inclusion Terms
- Fatty degeneration of heart or myocardium
- Myocardial disease
- Senile degeneration of heart or myocardium
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with I51.5
- myocardial degeneration due to hypertension (I11.-)
- myocardial degeneration due to hypertension and chronic kidney disease (I13.-)
Related Codes
I51.0Billable
Cardiac septal defect, acquired
I51.1Billable
Rupture of chordae tendineae, not elsewhere classified
I51.2Billable
Rupture of papillary muscle, not elsewhere classified
I51.3Billable
Intracardiac thrombosis, not elsewhere classified
I51.4Billable
Myocarditis, unspecified
I51.7Billable
Cardiomegaly
I51.8Category
Other ill-defined heart diseases
I51.9Billable
Heart disease, unspecified
