I44.2
I44.2: Atrioventricular block, complete
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
I44.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for atrioventricular block, complete. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check I44.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Complete heart block NOS
- Third degree block
Risk adjustment
I44.2 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 238 Specified Heart Arrhythmias0.299 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
I44.2 is named in 28 Medicare coverage policies: 28 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52423Billing and Coding: Infliximab and biosimilars
- A54831Billing and Coding: Single Chamber and Dual Chamber Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker
- A54909Billing and Coding: Single Chamber and Dual Chamber Permanent Cardiac Pacemakers
- A54926Billing and Coding: Single Chamber and Dual Chamber Permanent Cardiac Pacemakers
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Lenegre's disease
- Lev's disease or syndrome(acquired complete heart block)
- Rytand-Lipsitch syndrome
- Block, blocked›third degree
- Disease, diseased›Lenegre's
- Disease, diseased›Lev's(acquired complete heart block)
- Rhythm›idioventricular
- Syndrome›Lev's
- Syndrome›Rytand-Lipsitch
- Block, blocked›atrioventricular›complete
- Block, blocked›atrioventricular›third degree
- Block, blocked›atrioventricular›with atrioventricular dissociation
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.