I23.4
Rupture of chordae tendineae as current complication following acute myocardial infarction
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 11 never code together
I23.4code
I00-I99chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)M30-M36
- transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)G45.-
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Index entries leading here 3
- Complication (s) (from) (of)
- Laceration
- Rupture, ruptured
Alongside this code 8 same parent — I23
I23.0 Hemopericardium as current complication following AMI I23.1 Atrial septal defect as current complication following AMI I23.2 Ventricular septal defect as current comp following AMI I23.3 Rupture of card wall w/o hemoperic as current comp fol AMI I23.5 Rupture of papillary muscle as current comp following AMI I23.6 Thombos of atrium/auric append/ventr as current comp fol AMI I23.7 Postinfarction angina I23.8 Oth current complications following AMI
Medications 1
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