R00.8

R00.8: Other abnormalities of heart beat

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R00.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other abnormalities of heart beat. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check R00.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R00.8

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 R00.8

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

R00.8 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
A57306Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Bigeminal pulse
Coupled rhythm
Gallop rhythm
Pulsus alternans or trigeminus
Trigeminy
Pulse›alternating
Pulse›bigeminal
Heart beat›abnormality›specified NEC
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›heart›rate›specified NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.