R00.1
R00.1: Bradycardia, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R00.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for bradycardia, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R00.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- neonatal bradycardia (P29.12)
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Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Sinoatrial bradycardia
- Sinus bradycardia
- Slow heart beat
- Vagal bradycardia
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R00.1
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above R00.1
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R00.1 is named in 19 Medicare coverage policies: 19 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56476Billing and Coding: Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A56602Billing and Coding: Cardiac Rhythm Device Evaluation
- A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Brachycardia
- Bradycardia(sinoatrial) (sinus) (vagal)
- Heart beat›slow
- Sinus›bradycardia
- Slow›heart(beat)
- Syncope›bradycardia
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.