AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2017 Issue 1; Ask the Editor

Acute Congestive Heart Failure with Diastolic or Systolic Dysfunction

How should acutely decompensated congestive heart failure with diastolic or systolic dysfunction be coded in ICD-10-CM? There is no longer an index entry for diastolic/systolic dysfunction. For example, a patient is admitted for treatment of acute congestive heart failure. The provider documents, “Acutely decompensated congestive heart failure with diastolic dysfunction.” Can this be coded as acute diastolic congestive heart failure?  ...

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