Atrioventricular block, complete
- I44.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM I44.2 became effective on October 1, 2024.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of I44.2 – other international versions of ICD-10 I44.2 may differ.
Applicable To
- Complete heart block NOS
- Third degree block
The following code(s) above I44.2 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to I44.2:
- I00-I99 Diseases of the circulatory system
Approximate Synonyms
- Av block 3rd degree, complication of av nodal ablation
- Complete atrioventricular block
- Complete atrioventricular block (heart beat disorder)
- Complete atrioventricular block as complication of atrioventricular nodal ablation
- Complete atrioventricular block due to atrioventricular nodal ablation
- Complete av block due to av nodal ablation
Clinical Information
- A cardiac rhythm characterized by independent atrial and ventricular complexes with the atrial rate exceeding ventricular rate and complete failure of atrial impulses to conduct to the ventricle.
- A disorder characterized by a dysrhythmia with complete failure of atrial electrical impulse conduction through the av node to the ventricles.
- Complete failure of atrial electrical impulse conduction through the av node to the ventricles.
ICD-10-CM I44.2 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):
- 308 Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with mcc
- 309 Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with cc
- 310 Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders without cc/mcc
- 791 Prematurity with major problems
- 793 Full term neonate with major problems
Convert I44.2 to ICD-9-CMCode History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
- 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to I44.2:
- Block, blocked
- atrioventricular (incomplete) (partial) I44.30
- complete I44.2
- with atrioventricular dissociation I44.2
- third degree I44.2
- conductionI45.9
- complete I44.2
- heartI45.9
- complete I44.2 (atrioventricular)
- third degree I44.2 (atrioventricular)
- third degree I44.2
- atrioventricular (incomplete) (partial) I44.30
- Disease, diseased – see also Syndrome
- Lenegre’s I44.2
- Lev’s I44.2 (acquired complete heart block)
- Dissociation
- auriculoventricular or atrioventricular (AV) (any degree) (isorhythmic) I45.89
- with heart block I44.2
- auriculoventricular or atrioventricular (AV) (any degree) (isorhythmic) I45.89
- Lenegre’s disease I44.2
- Lev’s disease or syndrome I44.2 (acquired complete heart block)
- Rhythm
- idioventricular I44.2
- Rytand-Lipsitch syndrome I44.2
- Syndrome – see also Disease
- Lev’s I44.2
- Rytand-Lipsitch I44.2