2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 427.42
Ventricular flutter
- 2015
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- ICD-9-CM 427.42 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 427.42 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:
427.42 converts directly to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I49.02 Ventricular flutter
Clinical Information
- A potentially lethal cardiac arrhythmia characterized by an extremely rapid, hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia (150-300 beats/min) with a large oscillating sine-wave appearance. If untreated, ventricular flutter typically progresses to ventricular fibrillation
- A ventricular tachyarrhythmia characterized by a high ventricular rate (180 and 250 beats per minute) with a regular rhythm. The electrocardiogram shows large oscillating sine wave-like complexes occurring as a result of qrs complexes and t waves being merged. The p wave is not visible
- A ventricular tachyarrhythmia characterized by a high ventricular rate (180 and 250 beats per minute) with a regular rhythm. The electrocardiogram shows large oscillating sine wave-like complexes occurring as a result of qrs complexes and t waves being merged. The p wave is not visible. (nci)
- A ventricular tachyarrhythmia characterized electrocardiographically by smooth undulating waves with qrs complexes merged with t waves, a rate of approximately 250 per minute
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
427.42:
- Flutter
heart (ventricular) 427.42
ventricular 427.42
