Z95.810

Z95.810: Presence of automatic (implantable) cardiac defibrillator

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z95.810 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for presence of automatic (implantable) cardiac defibrillator. 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.

Presence of automatic (implantable) cardiac defibrillator with synchronous cardiac pacemaker
Presence of cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D)
Presence of cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z95.810

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

Written on Z95: Presence of cardiac and vascular implants and grafts

complications of cardiac and vascular devices, implants and grafts (T82.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z95.810

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

Z18Retained foreign body fragments
Z95.0Presence of cardiac pacemaker

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Z95.810 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 9 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56602Billing and Coding: Cardiac Rhythm Device Evaluation
A57038Billing and Coding: Surveillance of Implantable or Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs): Office, Hospital, Web, or Non-Web Based
A57326Billing and Coding: Electrocardiograms
A60278Billing and Coding: Temporary Nontherapeutic Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring Devices

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Presence›cardioverter-defibrillator(ICD)
Presence›CRT-D(cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator)
Presence›ICD(cardioverter-defibrillator)
Presence›cardiac›defibrillator(functional) (with synchronous cardiac pacemaker)
Presence›implanted device›automatic cardiac defibrillator(with synchronous cardiac pacemaker)
Presence›intravascular implant NEC›defibrillator(with synchronous cardiac pacemaker)
Presence›cardiac›resynchronization therapy›defibrillator

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.