I50.33

Acute on chronic diastolic (congestive) heart failure

FY2027Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system/I30–I5A Other forms of heart disease

BillableComplete code, valid to report

I50.33 (also written I5033) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for acute on chronic diastolic (congestive) heart failure. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 23 codes in category I50 (Heart failure). The Alphabetic Index lists it under 5 entries. Its coding notes include a Code first instruction, a Code also instruction, 1 Excludes1 entry and 12 Excludes2 entries.

Guidelines tip

From the FY2027 Official Guidelines. ICD10Ref adds no rules of its own.

Hypertension with heart failure or certain other heart conditions is assigned to category I11, with an additional code for the heart condition, unless the provider documents they are unrelated.

Guidelines I.C.9.a.1Hypertension with heart diseaseRead the official text

Code first

If the underlying condition listed here is present and known, sequence it first.

Inherited from I50 Heart failure
  • heart failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
  • heart failure due to hypertension (I11.0)
  • heart failure due to hypertension with chronic kidney disease (I13.-)
  • heart failure following surgery (I97.13-)
  • obstetric surgery and procedures (O75.4)
  • rheumatic heart failure (I09.81)

Code also

Two codes may be needed to describe the condition. This note gives no sequencing order.

Inherited from I50.3 Diastolic (congestive) heart failure
  • end stage heart failure, if applicable (I50.84)

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

Inherited from I50.3 Diastolic (congestive) heart failure
  • combined systolic (congestive) and diastolic (congestive) heart failure (I50.4-)

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Inherited from I50 Heart failure
  • cardiac arrest (I46.-)
  • neonatal cardiac failure (P29.0)
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 9 Diseases of the circulatory system
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)

Care settings

How CMS programs treat this code. These are CMS claim edits and list entries, not coverage or eligibility rules.

Home Health Primary

Accepted as the primary (principal) diagnosis on a home health claim. The Home Health Grouper assigns it to the MMTA - Cardiac and Circulatory clinical group.

Source: CMS Home Health Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective October 1, 2026

Hospital MCC

Counts as a major complication or comorbidity (MCC) when reported as a secondary diagnosis on an inpatient claim. It does not count when the principal diagnosis is one of the 32 codes in its exclusion list. Some MS-DRGs also ignore a CC or MCC that defines the DRG.

Source: CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44, effective October 1, 2026, Appendix C

Alphabetic Index terms

Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 5 entries