Tachyarrythmias

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This page is about the pre-ICD10 diagnosis coding schema. See the ICD10 Diagnosis List, or the following for similar diagnoses in ICD10:Atrial fibrillation and/or atrial flutter, Ventricular fibrillation, Supraventricular tachycardia, paroxysmal

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Category/Organ System:	[[:Category: Cardiovascular (old)]]
Type:	[[:Category: Medical Problem (old)]][[Category: Medical Problem (old)]]
Main Diagnosis:	Tachyarrythmias
Sub Diagnosis:	YES - See Tachyarrythmias
Diagnosis Code:	131-00
Comorbid Diagnosis:	No
Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10):	0
Program:	CC & Med
Status:	Currently Collected

[[Category: Cardiovascular (old)]]

Guidelines

For ICU

• Requires defibrillation/cardioversion or Tx with
• continuous antiarrythmics infusion
• bolus Tx does not qualify

For Medicine

(changed 1 Jun 09)

• new onset
• EKG/Rhythm strip showing tachyarrythmia
• receiving drug or electronic treatment

Discussion

• I had written down during our meeting "receiving drug or electronic treatment". This was changed to "requires...". We can find out from the chart if someone is receiving it, do we actually track somewhere whether they require it? My understanding is that we don't track requirement, only actual receiving, so I am changing this back. Ideally the two are the same, but since Trish changed my wording I wonder: is there a difference? And if so, is it "requires" that we want, or "receiving"? Ttenbergen 15:10, 2 June 2009 (CDT)