I49.3

I49.3: Ventricular premature depolarization

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I49.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for ventricular premature depolarization. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check I49.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I49.3

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on I49: Other cardiac arrhythmias

bradycardia NOS (R00.1)
neonatal dysrhythmia (P29.1-)
sinoatrial bradycardia (R00.1)
sinus bradycardia (R00.1)
vagal bradycardia (R00.1)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

I49.3 is named in 21 Medicare coverage policies: 21 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56391Billing and Coding: Implantable Automatic Defibrillators
A56476Billing and Coding: Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging
A56602Billing and Coding: Cardiac Rhythm Device Evaluation
A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Depolarization, premature›ventricular
Ectopic, ectopia›ventricular beats
Extrasystoles›ventricular
Premature›ventricular systole
Ventricle, ventricular›escape
Contraction, contracture, contracted›premature›ventricular
Ectopic, ectopia›beats›ventricular
Premature›contraction›ventricular

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.