I26
Pulmonary embolism
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 18 never code together
I26code
Excludes2
- chronic pulmonary embolism (I27.82)I27.82I27.82I27.82
- personal history of pulmonary embolism (Z86.711)Z86.711Z86.711Z86.711
- pulmonary embolism complicating abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)O00-O07O00-O07O00-O07O08.2O08.2O08.2
- pulmonary embolism complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.-)O88.-O88.-O88.-
- pulmonary embolism due to trauma (T79.0, T79.1)T79.0T79.0T79.0T79.1T79.1T79.1
- pulmonary embolism due to complications of surgical and medical care (T80.0, T81.7-, T82.8-)T80.0T80.0T80.0T81.7-T81.7-T81.7-T82.8-T82.8-T82.8-
- septic (non-pulmonary) arterial embolism (I76)I76I76I76
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.
Instructional notes 3
I26code
Includes
- pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) infarction
- pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thromboembolism
- pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thrombosis
Index entries leading here filed at null
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Subordinate codes 2
Medications 1
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