ICD-10-CM › I00-I99 › I30-I5A › I48 Atrial fibrillation and flutter › I48.2

I48.2

Chronic 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:

  • I48.20 Chronic atrial fibrillation, unspecified
  • I48.21 Permanent atrial fibrillation

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Chronic atrial fibrillation
  2. FY2020 Stopped being billable

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
I48.0 Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation Valid
I48.1 Persistent 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