2021 ICD-10-CM Code I44.4

Code Classification

• Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99)
  • Other forms of heart disease (I30-I52)
    • Atrioventricular and left bundle-branch block (I44)

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:

• Questionable admission codes - Some diagnoses are not usually sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital. For example, if a patient is given code R030 for elevated blood pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension, then the patient would have a questionable admission, since elevated blood pressure reading is not normally sufficient justification for admission to a hospital. The following list contains diagnosis codes identified as questionable admission when used.

Diagnostic Related Groups - MS-DRG Mapping

The ICD-10 code I44.4 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V38.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2021.

• 308 - CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH MCC - Relative Weight: 1.1993
• 309 - CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC - Relative Weight: 0.7494
• 310 - CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC - Relative Weight: 0.5584

Convert I44.4 to ICD-9 Code

The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code I44.4 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

• 426.2 - Left bb hemiblock (Approximate Flag)