R00.2

R00.2: Palpitations

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R00.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for palpitations. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Awareness of heart beat

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R00.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R00: Abnormalities of heart beat

abnormalities originating in the perinatal period (P29.1-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above R00.2

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

Written on R00: Abnormalities of heart beat

specified arrhythmias (I47-I49)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

R00.2 is named in 21 Medicare coverage policies: 21 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
A56602Billing and Coding: Cardiac Rhythm Device Evaluation
A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
A56943Billing and Coding: MolDX: Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Awareness of heart beat
Palpitations(heart)
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›pulsations in neck
Heart beat›awareness

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.