I51.7
Cardiomegaly
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 13 never code together
I51.7code
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
I51.7code
Inclusion terms
- Cardiac dilatation
- Cardiac hypertrophy
- Ventricular dilatation
Index entries leading here 4
Alongside this code 8 same parent — I51
I51.0 Cardiac septal defect, acquired I51.1 Rupture of chordae tendineae, not elsewhere classified I51.2 Rupture of papillary muscle, not elsewhere classified I51.3 Intracardiac thrombosis, not elsewhere classified I51.4 Myocarditis, unspecified I51.5 Myocardial degeneration I51.8 Other ill-defined heart diseases category I51.9 Heart disease, unspecified
Medications 1
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
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