I49.81

I49.81: Brugada syndrome

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I49.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for brugada syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check I49.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I49.81

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

I49.81 is named in 17 Medicare coverage policies: 17 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52458Automatic External Defibrillators - Policy Article
A56423Billing and Coding: Cardiology Non-emergent Outpatient Stress Testing
A56476Billing and Coding: Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging
A56602Billing and Coding: Cardiac Rhythm Device Evaluation

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Syndrome›Brugada

Code history

addedFY2024-FY2027
Brugada syndrome