AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2023 Issue 3; Ask the Editor

Acute on Chronic Right Heart Failure and Diastolic Heart Failure with Improved/Recovered Ejection Fraction

A 53-year-old patient with a history of heart failure with recovered ejection fraction (HFrecEF) was admitted for shortness of breath due to heart failure with improved ejection fraction (HFimpEF). Documentation also states acute decompensated right-sided heart failure, acute on chronic heart failure, and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Would heart failure with improved ejection fraction be considered the same as heart failure with recovered ejection fraction? What is the correct code assignment for chronic diastolic heart failure with improved ejection fraction (HFimpEF)? ...

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