2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I42.6

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Alcoholic cardiomyopathy

  • I42.6 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM I42.6 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of I42.6 – other international versions of ICD-10 I42.6 may differ.

Code Also

  • presence of alcoholism (F10.-)

The following code(s) above I42.6 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to I42.6:

  • I00-I99  Diseases of the circulatory system
  • I42  Cardiomyopathy

Approximate Synonyms

  • Alcohol induced dilated cardiomyopathy
  • Cardiomyopathy due to cobalt
  • Cobalt cardiomyopathy
  • Dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to alcohol

Clinical Information

  • A dilated cardiomyopathy which is associated with consumption of large amounts of alcohol over a period of years.
  • Disease of cardiac muscle resulting from chronic excessive alcohol consumption. Myocardial damage can be caused by: (1) a toxic effect of alcohol; (2) malnutrition in alcoholics such as thiamine deficiency; or (3) toxic effect of additives in alcoholic beverages such as cobalt. This disease is usually manifested by dyspnea and palpitations with cardiomegaly and congestive heart failure (heart failure).

ICD-10-CM I42.6 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):

  • 314 Other circulatory system diagnoses with mcc
  • 315 Other circulatory system diagnoses with cc
  • 316 Other circulatory system diagnoses without cc/mcc

Convert I42.6 to ICD-9-CMCode History

  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
  • 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to I42.6:

  • Alcohol, alcoholic, alcohol-induced
    • cardiopathy I42.6
  • Beer drinker’s heart I42.6 (disease)
  • Cardiomyopathy (familial) (idiopathic) I42.9
    • due to
      • alcohol I42.6
    • alcoholic I42.6
    • cobalt-beer I42.6
  • Disease, diseased – see also Syndrome
    • heart (organic) I51.9
      • beer drinkers’ I42.6
  • Myocardiopathy (congestive) (constrictive) (familial) (hypertrophic nonobstructive) (idiopathic) (infiltrative) (obstructive) (primary) (restrictive) (sporadic) I42.9 – see also Cardiomyopathy
    • alcoholic I42.6
    • cobalt-beer I42.6
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