I51.81
Takotsubo syndrome
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 11 never code together
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.-
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 4
I51.81code
Inclusion terms
- Reversible left ventricular dysfunction following sudden emotional stress
- Stress induced cardiomyopathy
- Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
- Transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome
Index entries leading here 3
- Syndrome — see also Disease
- Cardiomyopathy (familial) (idiopathic) I42.9
- Dysfunction
Alongside this code 1 same parent — I51.8
Additional references
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