I44
I44 — Atrioventricular and left bundle-branch block
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft
I44 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for atrioventricular and left bundle-branch block. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
I44 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead I44
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- I44.0Atrioventricular block, first degree
- I44.1Atrioventricular block, second degree
- I44.2Atrioventricular block, complete
- I44.3Other and unspecified atrioventricular block
- I44.4Left anterior fascicular block
- I44.5Left posterior fascicular block
- I44.6Other and unspecified fascicular block
- I44.7Left bundle-branch block, unspecified
Questions about I44
- Is I44 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. I44 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does I44 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), in the block Other forms of heart disease (I30-I5A).