Sudden cardiac arrest
Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a life-threatening emergency that occurs when the heart suddenly stops beating. It strikes people of all ages who may seem to be healthy, even children and teens. When SCA happens, the person collapses and doesn’t respond or breathe normally. They may gasp or shake as if having a seizure.
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.
The condition causing the cardiac arrest is sequenced first followed by code 427.5, Cardiac arrest. When cardiac arrest occurs during the course of hospitalization and the patient is resuscitated, code 427.5 may be used as a secondary code except as outlined in the exclusion note under category 427.
Z86. 79 - Personal history of other diseases of the circulatory system | ICD-10-CM.
ICD-10 code: I46. 1 Sudden cardiac death, so described.
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.
Short description: Hx-circulatory dis NOS. ICD-9-CM V12. 50 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, V12.
ICD-Code I10 is a billable ICD-10 code used for healthcare diagnosis reimbursement of Essential (Primary) Hypertension.
I48. 2 is used to report atrial fibrillation when specified as chronic or permanent (Will be expanded 10/1/19) I48. 0 is used to report atrial fibrillation when specified as paroxysmal.
Ill-defined and unknown cause of mortality The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM R99 became effective on October 1, 2021.
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.
Code 427.5, Cardiac arrest, may be used as a secondary code in the following instances:#N#The patient arrives in the hospital’s emergency service unit in a state of cardiac arrest and is resuscitated (and admitted) with the condition prompting the cardiac arrest known, such as ventricular tachycardia or trauma. The condition causing the cardiac arrest is sequenced first followed by code 427.5, Cardiac arrest.#N#When cardiac arrest occurs during the course of hospitalization and the patient is resuscitated, code 427.5 may be used as a secondary code except as outlined in the exclusion note under category 427. 1 The patient arrives in the hospital’s emergency service unit in a state of cardiac arrest and is resuscitated (and admitted) with the condition prompting the cardiac arrest known, such as ventricular tachycardia or trauma. The condition causing the cardiac arrest is sequenced first followed by code 427.5, Cardiac arrest. 2 When cardiac arrest occurs during the course of hospitalization and the patient is resuscitated, code 427.5 may be used as a secondary code except as outlined in the exclusion note under category 427.
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