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FY2027

I44.2 — Atrioventricular block, complete

BillableCC

Is I44.2 billable?

Yes — I44.2 is billable for FY2027. I44.2 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. I44.2 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

I44.2 at a glance

CodeI44.2
DescriptionAtrioventricular block, complete
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does I44.2 group to?

I44.2 sits in MDC 05 and helps define the logic of 3 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.

  • 308Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCCmedical
  • 309Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with CCmedical
  • 310Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without CC/MCCmedical

As a secondary diagnosis, I44.2 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.

How is I44.2 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to I44.2. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Lenegre's disease
  • Lev's disease or syndrome (acquired complete heart block)
  • Rytand-Lipsitch syndrome
  • Block, blocked › third degree
  • Disease, diseased › Lenegre's
  • Disease, diseased › Lev's
  • Rhythm › idioventricular
  • Syndrome › Lev's
  • Syndrome › Rytand-Lipsitch
  • Block, blocked › atrioventricular › with atrioventricular dissociation
  • Block, blocked › atrioventricular › complete
  • Block, blocked › atrioventricular › third degree

Inclusion terms

Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to I44.2.

  • Complete heart block NOS
  • Third degree block

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 9

The conditions below are not part of I44.2, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, I44.2 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)

How long has I44.2 existed?

I44.2 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.

What other codes are in the I44 family? (7)