ICD-10-CM › I00-I99 › I30-I5A › I49.8 Other specified cardiac arrhythmias › I49.81

I49.81

Brugada syndrome

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2027 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2027 to now.

  1. FY2027 Added to the code set Brugada syndrome

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from I49 Other cardiac arrhythmias

Excludes2 - not included here

  • bradycardia NOS (R00.1)
  • neonatal dysrhythmia (P29.1-)
  • sinoatrial bradycardia (R00.1)
  • sinus bradycardia (R00.1)
  • vagal bradycardia (R00.1)

Code first

  • cardiac arrhythmia complicating:
  • abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
  • obstetric surgery and procedures (O75.4)

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
I49.82 Ventricular bigeminy Valid
I49.89 Other specified cardiac arrhythmias not elsewhere classified Valid