ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

I47.20 Ventricular tachycardia, unspecified

BillableValid for claims as a specific diagnosis code

About I47.20

Code: I47.20
Billable: Yes
Short description: Ventricular tachycardia, unspecified
Category: I47 Paroxysmal tachycardia
Block: I30-I5A Other forms of heart disease
Chapter: 9 Diseases of the circulatory system
Code set: FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027

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Coding notes for I47.20

No notes of its own; the notes below apply from the codes above it.

Also applies, from I47 Paroxysmal tachycardia

Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).

tachycardia NOS (R00.0)
sinoauricular tachycardia NOS (R00.0)
sinus [sinusal] tachycardia NOS (R00.0)

Code first Report the underlying condition's code before this one.

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

Chapter 9 notes (apply to every code in it)

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

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.-)

Related codes in I47.2

I47.21 Torsades de pointesBillable
I47.22 Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia [CPVT]Billable
I47.29 Other ventricular tachycardiaBillable

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ICD-10-CM FY2027 code set, as published by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and CMS, effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. Codes, titles and notes are shown as published. Check payer rules and the official guidelines before billing. This page is not medical advice.