2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 427.41
Ventricular fibrillation
- 2015
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- ICD-9-CM 427.41 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 427.41 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
427.41 converts directly to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I49.01 Ventricular fibrillation
Clinical Information
- A cardiac rhythm characterized by rapid, usually more than 300 bpm (cycle length: 180 ms or less), grossly irregular ventricular rhythm with marked variability in qrs cycle length, morphology, and amplitude
- A disorder characterized by a dysrhythmia without discernible qrs complexes due to rapid repetitive excitation of myocardial fibers without coordinated contraction of the ventricles
- A potentially lethal cardiac arrhythmia that is characterized by uncoordinated extremely rapid firing of electrical impulses (400-600/min) in heart ventricles. Such asynchronous ventricular quivering or fibrillation prevents any effective cardiac output and results in unconsciousness (syncope). It is one of the major electrocardiographic patterns seen with cardiac arrest
- An arrhythmia characterized by an irregular pattern of high or low-amplitude waves that cannot be differentiated into qrs complexes or t waves. These electrocardiographic waves occur as a result of fibrillary contractions of the ventricular muscle due to rapid repetitive excitation of myocardial fibers without coordinated contraction of the ventricle
- An arrhythmia characterized by an irregular pattern of high or low-amplitude waves that cannot be differentiated into qrs complexes or t waves. These electrocardiographic waves occur as a result of fibrillary contractions of the ventricular muscle due to rapid repetitive excitation of myocardial fibers without coordinated contraction of the ventricle. (nci)
- Arrhythmia characterized by fibrillary contractions of the ventricular muscle due to rapid repetitive excitation of myocardial fibers without coordinated contraction of the ventricle
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
427.41:
- Fibrillation
cardiac (ventricular) 427.41
- heart (ventricular) 427.41
ventricular 427.41
