428.1 LEFT HEART FAILURE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 428.1

Short Description: Left heart failure

Long Description: Left heart failure

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the circulatory system (390–459)
    • Other forms of heart disease (420-429)
      • 428 Heart failure
        • 428.1 Left heart failure

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 428.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Asthma, asthmatic (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic) 493.9
    • cardiac (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
    • cardiobronchial (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
    • heart (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
    • Rostan's (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • heart (organic) 429.9
      • with
        • acute pulmonary edema (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
          • hypertensive 402.91
            • with renal failure 404.92
            • benign 402.11
              • with renal failure 404.12
            • malignant 402.01
              • with renal failure 404.02
          • kidney disease - see Hypertension, cardiorenal
          • rheumatic fever (conditions classifiable to 390)
            • active 391.9
              • with chorea 392.0
            • inactive or quiescent (with chorea) 398.90
  • Dyspnea (nocturnal) (paroxysmal) 786.09
    • asthmatic (bronchial) (see also Asthma) 493.9
      • cardiac (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
    • cardiac (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
  • Edema, edematous 782.3
    • lung 514
      • acute 518.4
        • with heart disease or failure (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
          • congestive 428.0
  • Failure, failed
    • heart (acute) (sudden) 428.9
      • with
        • acute pulmonary edema (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
          • with congestion (see also Failure, heart) 428.0
      • left (ventricular) (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
        • with right-sided failure (see also Failure, heart) 428.0
      • right (secondary to left heart failure, conditions classifiable to 428.1) (ventricular) (see also Failure, heart)� 428.0
    • ventricular (see also Failure, heart) 428.9
      • left 428.1
        • with rheumatic fever (conditions classifiable to 390)
          • active 391.8
            • with chorea 392.0
          • inactive or quiescent (with chorea) 398.91
        • hypertensive (see also Hypertension, heart) 402.91
          • benign 402.11
          • malignant 402.01
        • rheumatic (chronic) (inactive) (with chorea) 398.91
          • active or acute 391.8
            • with chorea 392.0
  • Fever 780.60
    • rheumatic (active) (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 390
      • inactive or quiescent with
        • left ventricular failure (conditions classifiable to 428.1) 398.91
  • Rostan's asthma (cardiac) (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
  • Stone(s) - see also Calculus
    • heart syndrome (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • cardiac asthma (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
    • Ridley's (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
    • stone heart (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 428.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
428.1 Right Arrow I50.1 Left ventricular failure, unspecified
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
428.0 Congestive heart failure, unspecified
428.20 Systolic heart failure, unspecified
428.21 Acute systolic heart failure
428.22 Chronic systolic heart failure
428.23 Acute on chronic systolic heart failure
428.30 Diastolic heart failure, unspecified
428.31 Acute diastolic heart failure
428.32 Chronic diastolic heart failure
428.33 Acute on chronic diastolic heart failure
428.40 Combined systolic and diastolic heart failure, unspecified
428.41 Acute combined systolic and diastolic heart failure
428.42 Chronic combined systolic and diastolic heart failure
428.43 Acute on chronic combined systolic and diastolic heart failure
428.9 Heart failure, unspecified


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