I49.9
BillableCardiac arrhythmia, unspecified
Cardiac arrhythmia, unspecified
Coding Notes
Inclusion Terms
Alternative clinical terms for this condition
- Arrhythmia (cardiac) NOS
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal periodP04-P96
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseasesA00-B99
- •complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumO9A)O00
- •congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalitiesQ00-Q99
- •endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseasesE00-E88
- •injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesS00-T88
- •neoplasmsC00-D49
- •symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classifiedR00-R94
- •systemic connective tissue disordersM30-M36
- •transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromesG45
- •bradycardia NOSR00.1
- •neonatal dysrhythmiaP29.1
- •sinoatrial bradycardiaR00.1
- •sinus bradycardiaR00.1
- •vagal bradycardiaR00.1
Code First
The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code
- cardiac arrhythmia complicating:
- •abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy,O00-O07, O08.8
- •obstetric surgery and proceduresO75.4
Related Codes(7)
I49.0Ventricular fibrillation and flutter
I49.1Atrial premature depolarization
I49.2Junctional premature depolarization
I49.3Ventricular premature depolarization
I49.4Other and unspecified premature depolarization
I49.5Sick sinus syndrome
I49.8Other specified cardiac arrhythmias
ICD-11 Equivalents(1)
ICD-11 Equivalents
View full mappingCorresponding ICD-11 codes from the WHO crosswalk mapping
Also Known As / Clinical Terms(160)
SNOMED CT
- Withdrawal arrhythmia184004
- Cardiac fibrillation40593004
- Fibrillation40593004
- Ventricular arrhythmia44103008
- Supraventricular arrhythmia72654001
- Heart disease in mother complicating pregnancy, childbirth AND/OR puerperium78381004
- Sudden cardiac death95281009
- ECG: ventricular arrhythmia164893009
- EKG: ventricular arrhythmia164893009
- Electrocardiographic ventricular arrhythmia164893009
- Heart irregularly irregular248651005
- Heart regularly irregular248652003
- Finding of regularity of heart rhythm301114007
- Observation of regularity of heart rhythm301114007
- Abnormal heart beat361136003
- Irregular heart beat361137007
- Arrhythmia due to vegetation of infectious endocarditis472810005
- Arrhythmia due to vegetation of infective endocarditis472810005
- Arrhythmia698247007
- Cardiac arrhythmia698247007
- Cardiac dysrhythmia698247007
- Disorder of heart rhythm698247007
- Cardiac arrhythmia associated with genetic disorder698270004
- Cardiac channelopathy698271000
- Ion cardiac channelopathy698271000
- Arrhythmia as current complication following acute myocardial infarction723860000
- Arrhythmia due to and following acute myocardial infarction723860000
- Arrhythmia following acute myocardial infarction723860000
- Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome735686002
- Sudden cardiac death due to cardiac arrhythmia735686002
- Recurrent metabolic encephalomyopathic crises, rhabdomyolysis, cardiac arrhythmia, intellectual disability syndrome1172698005
- TANGO2-related metabolic encephalopathy, arrhythmia syndrome1172698005
- Transport and golgi organisation 2 homolog-related metabolic encephalopathy, arrhythmia syndrome1172698005
- Transport and golgi organization 2 homolog-related metabolic encephalopathy, arrhythmia syndrome1172698005
- G protein subunit beta 5-related intellectual disability, cardiac arrhythmia syndrome1186711002
- GNB5-related intellectual disability, cardiac arrhythmia syndrome1186711002
- Cardiac arrhythmia due to coronary artery spasm1204124006
- Long QT syndrome type 81230096008
- Timothy syndrome1230096008
- Atypical Timothy syndrome1230097004
- Atypical long QT syndrome type 81230097004
- Timothy syndrome atypical type1230097004
- Cardiac arrhythmia following operative procedure1230406008
- Postoperative cardiac arrhythmia1230406008
- Cardiac arrhythmia during pregnancy72291000119104
- Cardiac arrhythmia in pregnancy72291000119104
- Cardiac arrhythmia in childbirth10743741000119103
- Cardiac arrhythmia in mother complicating childbirth10743741000119103
- Heart disease in childbirth10753101000119102
- Heart disease in mother complicating childbirth10753101000119102
UMLS
- Abnormal heart rhythmsC0003811
- ArrhythmiaC0003811
- Arrhythmia (NOS)C0003811
- Arrhythmia (cardiac) NOSC0003811
- Arrhythmia NOSC0003811
- Arrhythmia cardiac (NOS)C0003811
- Arrhythmia, CardiacC0003811
- ArrhythmiasC0003811
- Arrhythmias, CardiacC0003811
- ArrythmiaC0003811
- Cardiac ArrhythmiaC0003811
- Cardiac ArrhythmiasC0003811
- Cardiac DysrhythmiaC0003811
- Cardiac arrhythmiaC0003811
- Cardiac arrhythmia (NOS)C0003811
- Cardiac arrhythmia (disorder)C0003811
- Cardiac arrhythmia NOSC0003811
- Cardiac arrhythmia, unspecifiedC0003811
- Cardiac arrhythmiasC0003811
- Cardiac dysrhythmiaC0003811
- Cardiac dysrhythmia, unspecifiedC0003811
- Cardiac dysrhythmiasC0003811
- Cardiac rhythm disturbancesC0003811
- Disorder of heart rhythmC0003811
- Dysrhythmia, CardiacC0003811
- DysrhythmiasC0003811
- Heart rhythm disordersC0003811
- Irregular heart beatC0003811
- Irregular heartbeatC0003811
- arrhythmiaC0003811
- arrhythmiasC0003811
- cardiac arrhythmiaC0003811
- cardiac arrhythmiasC0003811
- cardiac dysrhythmiaC0003811
- cardiac dysrhythmiasC0003811
- dysrhythmiaC0003811
- heart arrhythmiaC0003811
- heart arrhythmiasC0003811
Clinical Terms
- Atypical Timothy syndrome
- Cardiac channelopathy
- Heart regularly irregular
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Cardiac arrhythmia associated with genetic disorder
- Cardiac arrhythmia in pregnancy
- arrhythmias
- Heart irregularly irregular
- Arrhythmia, Cardiac
- Abnormal heart rhythms
- Dysrhythmia, Cardiac
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac
- Cardiac arrhythmia in mother complicating childbirth
- cardiac dysrhythmia
- Heart rhythm disorders
- Atypical long QT syndrome type 8
- dysrhythmia
- Cardiac dysrhythmia, unspecified
- Cardiac dysrhythmias
- Sudden cardiac death
- Abnormal heart beat
- Cardiac arrhythmia (NOS)
- Cardiac arrhythmia NOS
- Arrythmia
- Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome
- Transport and golgi organization 2 homolog-related metabolic encephalopathy, arrhythmia syndrome
- Arrhythmia cardiac (NOS)
- Arrhythmia due to vegetation of infectious endocarditis
- Cardiac arrhythmia (disorder)
- Postoperative cardiac arrhythmia
- heart arrhythmia
- Cardiac rhythm disturbances
- Supraventricular arrhythmia
- Heart disease in childbirth
- Cardiac arrhythmia in childbirth
- TANGO2-related metabolic encephalopathy, arrhythmia syndrome
- Irregular heart beat
- Arrhythmia NOS
- Timothy syndrome
- Electrocardiographic ventricular arrhythmia
- Arrhythmia following acute myocardial infarction
- Disorder of heart rhythm
- Sudden cardiac death due to cardiac arrhythmia
- Arrhythmia due to and following acute myocardial infarction
- Ventricular arrhythmia
- Observation of regularity of heart rhythm
- Heart disease in mother complicating childbirth
- arrhythmia
- heart arrhythmias
- Arrhythmia (cardiac) NOS
- EKG: ventricular arrhythmia
- Dysrhythmias
- Cardiac arrhythmia due to coronary artery spasm
- Withdrawal arrhythmia
- Recurrent metabolic encephalomyopathic crises, rhabdomyolysis, cardiac arrhythmia, intellectual disability syndrome
- Irregular heartbeat
- Transport and golgi organisation 2 homolog-related metabolic encephalopathy, arrhythmia syndrome
- Fibrillation
- Cardiac arrhythmia following operative procedure
- GNB5-related intellectual disability, cardiac arrhythmia syndrome
- Timothy syndrome atypical type
- G protein subunit beta 5-related intellectual disability, cardiac arrhythmia syndrome
- Ion cardiac channelopathy
- Arrhythmia as current complication following acute myocardial infarction
- Heart disease in mother complicating pregnancy, childbirth AND/OR puerperium
- Cardiac fibrillation
- Arrhythmia due to vegetation of infective endocarditis
- ECG: ventricular arrhythmia
- Arrhythmia (NOS)
- Long QT syndrome type 8
- Cardiac arrhythmia during pregnancy
- Finding of regularity of heart rhythm
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for cardiac arrhythmia, unspecified?
The ICD-10-CM code for cardiac arrhythmia, unspecified is I49.9. The full clinical description is "Cardiac arrhythmia, unspecified". I49.9 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.
What does ICD-10 code I49.9 mean?
ICD-10-CM code I49.9 represents “Cardiac arrhythmia, unspecified”. It is classified under Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is I49.9 a billable code?
Yes, I49.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is I49.9 in?
I49.9 is in Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System (codes I00-I99).
What SNOMED CT codes does I49.9 map to?
I49.9 maps to 27 SNOMED CT concepts: 361136003, 698247007, 723860000, 472810005, 1230097004, and 22 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for I49.9?
I49.9 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0003811. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
How does I49.9 relate to ICF functioning codes?
ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like cardiac arrhythmia, unspecified affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.
What is the ICD-11 equivalent of I49.9?
I49.9 maps to the ICD-11 code: BE2Y (Other specified diseases of the circulatory system).
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