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Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 426.4
Right bundle branch block
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
  • Questionable As Admission Dx

  • ICD-9-CM 426.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 426.4 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 426.4 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I45.10 Unspecified right bundle-branch block
Approximate Synonyms
  • RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK
Clinical Information
  • A cardiac rhythm characterized by a qrs duration of 120 ms, rsr' or rsr' complexes in v1 and v2, delayed onset of intrinsicoid, deflection in v1 and v2 >50 ms, broad, slurred s wave in 1, v5, and v6
  • An impairment of transmission of the cardiac electrical impulse along the fibers of the right bundle branch. A " complete rbbb pattern" (with qrs duration > 0.11s) does not necessarily reflect the existence of a total conduction block in the right branch. This pattern only indicates that the entire or major parts of both ventricles are activated by the impulse emerging from the left branch. Thus, a significant degree of conduction delay ("high-grade" or "incomplete rbbb") can produce a similar pattern
  • An impairment of transmission of the cardiac electrical impulse along the fibers of the right bundle branch. A "complete rbbb pattern" (with qrs duration > 0.11s) does not necessarily reflect the existence of a total conduction block in the right branch. This pattern only indicates that the entire or major parts of both ventricles are activated by the impulse emerging from the left branch. Thus, a significant degree of conduction delay ("high-grade" or "incomplete rbbb") can produce a similar pattern
  • An impairment of transmission of the cardiac electrical impulse along the fibers of the right bundle branch. A "complete rbbb pattern" (with qrs duration > 0.11s) does not necessarily reflect the existence of a total conduction block in the right branch. This pattern only indicates that the entire or major parts of both ventricles are activated by the impulse emerging from the left branch. Thus, a significant degree of conduction delay ("high-grade" or "incomplete rbbb") can produce a similar pattern. (nci)
ICD-9-CM Coding Information
  • 426.4 is not usually sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 426.4:
  • Block
    • bundle branch (complete) (false) (incomplete) 426.50
      • bilateral 426.53
      • left (complete) (main stem) 426.3
        • with right bundle branch block 426.53
        • anterior fascicular 426.2
          • with
            • posterior fascicular block 426.3
            • right bundle branch block 426.52
        • hemiblock 426.2
        • incomplete 426.2
          • with right bundle branch block 426.53
        • posterior fascicular 426.2
          • with
            • anterior fascicular block 426.3
            • right bundle branch block 426.51
      • right 426.4
      • Wilson's type 426.4
    • heart 426.9
      • first degree (atrioventricular) 426.11
      • second degree (atrioventricular) 426.13
      • third degree (atrioventricular) 426.0
      • bundle branch (complete) (false) (incomplete) 426.50
        • bilateral 426.53
        • left (see also Block, bundle branch, left) 426.3
        • right (see also Block, bundle branch, right) 426.4
      • complete (atrioventricular) 426.0
      • congenital 746.86
      • incomplete 426.13
      • intra-atrial 426.6
      • intraventricular NEC 426.6
      • sinoatrial 426.6
      • specified type NEC 426.6
    • intraventricular (diffuse) (myofibrillar) 426.6
      • bundle branch (complete) (false) (incomplete) 426.50
        • bilateral 426.53
        • left (see also Block, bundle branch, left) 426.3
        • right (see also Block, bundle branch, right) 426.4
  • Bundle
    • branch block (complete) (false) (incomplete) 426.50
      • bilateral 426.53
      • left (see also Block, bundle branch, left) 426.3
      • right (see also Block, bundle branch, right) 426.4
  • Degeneration, degenerative
  • Sclerosis, sclerotic
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