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I41Billable, valid for claims from October 1, 2026

Myocarditis in diseases classified elsewhere

In Other forms of heart disease (I30-I5A), chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System

  • I41 is billable and valid on claims for FY 2027. If the record has more detail, check the other codes under I30-I5A below.
  • As a secondary diagnosis it is an MCC (major complication), which can raise the MS-DRG payment. It doesn't count when the principal diagnosis is one of 22 closely related codes.
  • Doesn't count toward a Medicare Advantage risk score (no HCC in V28).
  • AHRQ's Chronic Condition Indicator classes it as not chronic (an acute or short-term condition).
  • Can't be the principal diagnosis: code the underlying condition first. (Manifestation list)

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Instructional notes

Excludes1: not coded here, use a different code

Code first: code the underlying condition first, then this code

Official coding guidelines

From the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2027 (CMS and NCHS). Links open the PDF at the right page.

Covers hypertension with heart and kidney disease, coronary artery disease with angina, perioperative stroke, cerebrovascular sequelae, and acute myocardial infarction types and timing.

Read Section I.C.9 (page 50)

Other codes under I30-I5A

Other forms of heart disease (I30-I5A)

I41 MS-DRGs

As the principal diagnosis, I41 groups to MS-DRG 314, 315, 316, 791, or 793 (v44.0). Which one applies depends on procedures performed, secondary diagnoses (CC/MCC), and the patient's age and discharge status.

Related conditions

Grouped by AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR), which sorts every diagnosis code into clinically meaningful categories.

I41 is in Myocarditis and cardiomyopathy (CIR005), with 31 codes. Others in it:

  • A36.81 Diphtheritic cardiomyopathy
  • A38.1 Scarlet fever with myocarditis
  • A39.50 Meningococcal carditis, unspecified
  • A39.52 Meningococcal myocarditis
  • B26.82 Mumps myocarditis
  • B33.20 Viral carditis, unspecified
  • B33.22 Viral myocarditis
  • B33.24 Viral cardiomyopathy

Medicare coverage articles listing I41

These 7 Medicare billing and coding articles list I41 as a diagnosis that supports medical necessity for the services they cover. From the CMS Medicare Coverage Database; check your own contractor's article before billing.

About the condition

Plain-language background from MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine), not coding guidance.

Cardiomyopathy

Cardiomyopathy is the name for diseases of the heart muscle. These diseases enlarge your heart muscle or make it thicker and more rigid than normal. In rare cases, scar tissue replaces the muscle tissue.

Read more about cardiomyopathy on MedlinePlus

Code history

Valid since FY2016, when ICD-10-CM took effect on October 1, 2015. No changes since.

ICD-9-CM equivalent

Legacy crosswalk from the CMS General Equivalence Mappings (last updated 2018).

  • 422.0 Acute myocarditis in diseases classified elsewhere (approximate)
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