I26 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Pulmonary embolism.
Includes
Pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) infarction
Pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thromboembolism
Pulmonary (acute) (artery)(vein) thrombosis
Type 1 excludes
Cor pulmonale without embolism (I27.81)
Type 2 excludes
Chronic pulmonary embolism (I27.82)
Personal history of pulmonary embolism (Z86.711)
Pulmonary embolism complicating abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)
Pulmonary embolism complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O88.-)
Pulmonary embolism due to complications of surgical and medical care (T80.0, T81.7-, T82.8-)
Septic (non-pulmonary) arterial embolism (I76)
Codes
Versions
2025
No changes
2024
Code changed
Type 1 excludes
- cor pulmonale without embolism (I27.81)
2023
No changes
2022
No changes
2021
No changes
2020
No changes
2019
No changes
2018
No changes
2017
No changes
2016
New code