R00.9
R00.9: Unspecified abnormalities of heart beat
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R00.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified abnormalities of heart beat. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R00.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above R00.9
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above R00.9
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
R00.9 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 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)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Heart beat›abnormality
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›heart›rate
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.