I26Pulmonary embolism
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Pulmonary heart disease and diseases of pulmonary circulation (I26-I28)
Coding Notes
Includes
- pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) infarction
- pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thromboembolism
- pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thrombosis
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- cor pulmonale without embolism (I27.81)
Excludes2 (not part of this condition — may code both)
- 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)
Subcategories (2)
- I26.0 Pulmonary embolism with acute cor pulmonale
- I26.9 Pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale