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2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 427.9
Cardiac dysrhythmia, unspecified
- any variation from the normal rhythm or rate of the heart beat.
- Any variation from the normal rate or rhythm (which may include the origin of the impulse and/or its subsequent propagation) in the heart.
- ICD-9-CM 427.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
427.9 Alternative Terminology
- Abnormal cardiac conduction
- Abnormal heart beat
- Alteration in heart rate
- Atrial arrhythmia
- Cardiac arrhythmia
- Cardiac dysrhythmia (heart rhythm disorder)
- Conduction disorder of the heart
- Disorder of cardiac function
- Electrocardiogram: supraventricular arrhythmia
- Electrocardiogram: ventricular arrhythmia
- Fibrillation
- Heart irregular
- Heart irregularly irregular
- Heart regularly irregular
- Irregular heart beat
- Irregular heart rate
- Neonatal (newborn) arrhythmia
- Neonatal arrhythmia
- Neonatal dysrhythmia
- Re-entry ventricular arrhythmia
- Slow ventricular response
- Supraventricular arrhythmia
- Ventricular arrhythmia
- Ventricular arrhythmia (heart beat disorder)
- Ventricular pre-excitation
Applies To
- Arrhythmia (cardiac) NOS
Convert 427.9 to ICD-10-CM 

ICD-9-CM 427.9 converts directly to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM I49.9 Cardiac arrhythmia, unspecified
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 427.9:
- Action, heart
disorder 427.9
postoperative 997.1
- Arrhythmia (auricle) (cardiac) (cordis) (gallop rhythm) (juvenile) (nodal) (reflex) (sinus) (supraventricular) (transitory) (ventricle) 427.9
bigeminal rhythm 427.89
block 426.9
bradycardia 427.89
contractions, premature 427.60
coronary sinus 427.89
ectopic 427.89
extrasystolic 427.60
postoperative 997.1
psychogenic 306.2
vagal 780.2
- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
heart (organic) 429.9

with

acute pulmonary edema (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1

amyloid 277.39
[425.7
]
aortic (valve) (see also Endocarditis, aortic) 424.1

arteriosclerotic or sclerotic (minimal) (senile) - see Arteriosclerosis, coronary
artery, arterial - see Arteriosclerosis, coronary
atherosclerotic - see Arteriosclerosis, coronary
beer drinkers' 425.5

beriberi 265.0
[425.7
]
black 416.0

congenital NEC 746.9

congestive (see also Failure, heart) 428.0

coronary 414.9

cryptogenic 429.9

due to
fetal 746.9


inflammatory 746.89

fibroid (see also Myocarditis) 429.0

functional 427.9
glycogen storage 271.0
[425.7
]
gonococcal NEC 098.85

gouty 274.82

hypertensive (see also Hypertension, heart) 402.90

hyperthyroid (see also Hyperthyroidism) 242.9
[425.7
]
incompletely diagnosed - see Disease, heart
ischemic (chronic) (see also Ischemia, heart) 414.9

kyphoscoliotic 416.1

mitral (see also Endocarditis, mitral) 394.9

muscular (see also Degeneration, myocardial) 429.1

postpartum 674.8

psychogenic (functional) 306.2

pulmonary (chronic) 416.9

rheumatic (chronic) (inactive) (old) (quiescent) (with chorea) 398.90

rheumatoid - see Arthritis, rheumatoid
sclerotic - see Arteriosclerosis, coronary
senile (see also Myocarditis) 429.0

specified type NEC 429.89

syphilitic 093.89

thyroid (gland) (see also Hyperthyroidism) 242.9
[425.7
]
thyrotoxic (see also Thyrotoxicosis) 242.9
[425.7
]
tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.9
[425.8
]
valve, valvular (obstructive) (regurgitant) - see also Endocarditis
vascular - see Disease, cardiovascular
- Disorder - see also Disease
heart action 427.9
postoperative 997.1
- Disturbance - see also Disease
- Dysfunction
- Dysrhythmia
- Irregular, irregularity
action, heart 427.9
- Rhythm
heart, abnormal 427.9
fetus or newborn - see Abnormal, heart rate
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