ICD-10-CM › I00-I99 › I30-I5A › I48 Atrial fibrillation and flutter › I48.1

I48.1

Persistent atrial fibrillation

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

Billable FY2016 to FY2019, and a category header from FY2020.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

  • I48.11 Longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation
  • I48.19 Other persistent atrial fibrillation

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 flutter
  2. FY2012 Draft description revised draft Atrial flutter Persistent atrial fibrillation
  3. FY2020 Stopped being billable

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
I48.0 Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation Valid
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