ICD-10-CM › I00-I99 › I30-I5A › I48 Atrial fibrillation and flutter › I48.0

I48.0

Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Atrial fibrillation
  2. FY2012 Draft description revised draft Atrial fibrillation Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
I48.1 Persistent atrial fibrillation Not billable
I48.2 Chronic atrial fibrillation Not billable
I48.3 Typical atrial flutter Valid
I48.4 Atypical atrial flutter Valid
I48.9 Unspecified atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter Not billable