Sudden cardiac arrest is an emergency condition that is described by when the heart suddenly stops beating. Symptoms include a loss of consciousness, lightheadedness or dizziness, or a lack of pulse or breathing. Treatment includes trying to restore the heartbeat via defibrillation.
Cardiac Arrest Management: Part 1
Z86. 74 - Personal history of sudden cardiac arrest | ICD-10-CM.
Personal history of sudden cardiac arrest Z86. 74 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
ICD-10 Code for Old myocardial infarction- I25. 2- Codify by AAPC.
79: Personal history of other diseases of the circulatory system.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM I46. 2 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of I46.
ICD-10 | Cerebral infarction, unspecified (I63. 9)
The patient's primary diagnostic code is the most important. Assuming the patient's primary diagnostic code is Z76. 89, look in the list below to see which MDC's "Assignment of Diagnosis Codes" is first.
ICD-Code I10 is a billable ICD-10 code used for healthcare diagnosis reimbursement of Essential (Primary) Hypertension. Its corresponding ICD-9 code is 401.
ICD-10 Code for Family history of ischemic heart disease and other diseases of the circulatory system- Z82. 49- Codify by AAPC.
Z86.74 is a valid billable ICD-10 diagnosis code for Personal history of sudden cardiac arrest . It is found in the 2021 version of the ICD-10 Clinical Modification (CM) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2020 - Sep 30, 2021 .
DO NOT include the decimal point when electronically filing claims as it may be rejected. Some clearinghouses may remove it for you but to avoid having a rejected claim due to an invalid ICD-10 code, do not include the decimal point when submitting claims electronically. See also: Arrest, arrested. cardiac I46.9.
The cardiac arrest codes are found in I46. The options are I46.2, Cardiac arrest due to an underlying cardiac condition, I46.8, Cardiac arrest due to other underlying condition, and I46.9, Cardiac arrest, cause unspecified. I46.2 and I46.8 would be secondary diagnoses because if you establish the underlying cause, ...
If the patient dies during the admission, the cardiac arrest will not serve as a major complication or comorbidity (MCC).
On the other hand, you are doing the workup because it occurred. If a patient has a symptom that elicits a work up, but it has resolved by the time they are brought into the ED, you still can code it, such as with syncope or altered mental status.