I46

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Cardiac arrest

Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system

Coding Guidance

I46 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: I00-I99 (Chapter 9)

Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom I00-I99

Excludes2 means 'NOT INCLUDED HERE!' An Excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time.

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)

More Specific Codes (3)

I46.2Cardiac arrest due to underlying cardiac conditionBillable→I46.8Cardiac arrest due to other underlying conditionBillable→I46.9Cardiac arrest, cause unspecifiedBillable→

Chapter Information

Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system

Range: I00-I99

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for I46

Cardiac arrest due to underlying cardiac condition

I46.2›

Cardiac arrest due to other underlying condition

I46.8›

Cardiac arrest, cause unspecified

I46.9›

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