Heart failure, NOS: Difference between revisions

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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
*This is a wastebasket code, mainly because in most cases you'd use instead: '''[[Congestive heart failure, NOS]]'''
*This is a wastebasket code, mainly because in most cases you'd use instead: '''[[Congestive heart failure, NOS]]'''
*It includes right heart failure when it's due to left heart failure.
 
'''Includes'''
*Right heart failure when it's due to left heart failure.
*If the cause of the heart failure is known (e.g. [[Myocarditis/carditis, acute infective]]) then [[Combined ICD10 codes|combine]] this code with the code for the cause
*If the cause of the heart failure is known (e.g. [[Myocarditis/carditis, acute infective]]) then [[Combined ICD10 codes|combine]] this code with the code for the cause
* This code is used for low cardiac output state post CABG
*Low cardiac output state post CABG


== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==