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ICD-10-CM Code for Other abnormalities of heart beat R00.8

ICD-10 code R00.8 for Other abnormalities of heart beat is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .

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Other abnormalities of heart beat

R00

Excludes1: abnormalities originating in the perinatal period (P29.1-)

Excludes2: specified arrhythmias (I47-I49)

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