icd 10 cm code for aflutter/

by Brooke Flatley DDS 3 min read

ICD-10 code I48 for Atrial fibrillation and flutter is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the circulatory system
Diseases of the circulatory system
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels. CVD includes coronary artery diseases (CAD) such as angina and myocardial infarction (commonly known as a heart attack).
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What is the ICD 10 code for atrial flutter?

I48.3 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of typical atrial flutter. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.

What is the ICD 10 code for urethral fibrillation?

I49.02 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM I49.02 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of I49.02 - other international versions of ICD-10 I49.02 may differ.

What is the ICD 10 code for diagnosis 2022?

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I48.92 I48.92 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM I48.92 became effective on October 1, 2021.

What is the ICD 10 code for persistent atrial fibrillation?

Showing 1-25: Atrial fibrillation, persistent; Atrial flutter; Atrial flutter, chronic; Atrial flutter, paroxysmal; Chronic atrial flutter; Paroxysmal atrial flutter; Permanent atrial fibrillation (I48.21) I48.9 Unspecified atrial fibrillation and atrial fl...

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What is the ICD-10 code for persistent atrial flutter?

I48. 3 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM I48.

What is unspecified atrial flutter?

Atrial flutter is a type of heart rhythm disorder in which the heart's upper chambers (atria) beat too quickly. In atrial flutter, the heart's upper chambers (atria) beat too quickly. This causes the heart to beat in a fast, but usually regular, rhythm.

What is the difference between AFIB and aflutter?

Normally, the top chambers (atria) contract and push blood into the bottom chambers (ventricles). In atrial fibrillation, the atria beat irregularly. In atrial flutter, the atria beat regularly, but faster than usual and more often than the ventricles, so you may have four atrial beats to every one ventricular beat.

What is diagnosis code I48 92?

I48. 92 - Unspecified atrial flutter. ICD-10-CM.

What are the different types of atrial flutter?

There are two types of atrial flutter, the common type I and rarer type II. Most individuals with atrial flutter will manifest only one of these. Rarely someone may manifest both types; however, they can manifest only one type at a time.

Is aflutter regular or irregular?

In people with atrial fibrillation, the pulse is usually rapid and is always irregular. In people with atrial flutter, the pulse is usually rapid and can be regular or irregular.

Can you have both AFib and aflutter?

The condition can be temporary or ongoing. Often, AFib and atrial flutter occur at the same time.

Is aflutter worse than AFib?

Both heart diseases have the potential of becoming serious. However, many doctors and other health care professionals consider atrial flutter to be less serious than atrial fibrillation because flutter symptoms tend to be less severe and flutter waves have less risk of embolization (clot formation).

What is a heart flutter called?

Heart palpitations (pal-pih-TAY-shuns) are feelings of having a fast-beating, fluttering or pounding heart. Stress, exercise, medication or, rarely, a medical condition can trigger them.

What is the ICD-10-CM code for atypical atrial flutter?

I48. 4 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

What is atypical atrial flutter?

The definition of atypical atrial flutter includes a broad spectrum of other macroreentrant tachycardias in which the wave front does not travel around the tricuspid annulus.

What is atrial flutter with variable block?

Twelve-lead ECG showing atrial flutter with variable block. Atrial flutter can arise from conditions that lead to atrial dilatation. These include chronic left-sided congestive heart failure, pulmonary embolus, valvular heart disease (especially mitral and tricuspid diseases), and septal defects.

The ICD code I48 is used to code Tachycardia

Tachycardia, also called tachyarrhythmia, is a heart rate that exceeds the normal resting rate. In general, a resting heart rate over 100 beats per minute is accepted as tachycardia in adults. Heart rates above the resting rate may be normal (such as with exercise) or abnormal (such as with electrical problems within the heart).

Coding Notes for I48.3 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive.

MS-DRG Mapping

DRG Group #308-310 - Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with MCC.

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'I48.3 - Typical atrial flutter'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code I48.3. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code I48.3 and a single ICD9 code, 427.32 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.

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