Z94.1
Billable codeHeart transplant status
The ICD-10 code for heart transplant status is Z94.1.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- Z94.0Kidney transplant status
- Z94.2Lung transplant status
- Z94.3Heart and lungs transplant status
- Z94.4Liver transplant status
- Z94.5Skin transplant status
- Z94.6Bone transplant status
- Z94.7Corneal transplant status
- Z94.8Other transplanted organ and tissue statusnon-billable header
- Z94.9Transplanted organ and tissue status, unspecified
- Z94.1Heart transplant status
ICD-9-CM equivalent
Informational only — GEM mappings are approximate, not guaranteed one-to-one equivalents. Verify before use in billing.
- V421Approximate match
Associated MS-DRGs
Z94.1 can serve as the principal diagnosis for these Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups.
Informational only — actual DRG assignment also depends on procedures, complications/comorbidities (CC/MCC), discharge status, and payer-specific rules not reflected here.