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I42.80: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy [ARVCM]

Your heart muscle is changed and can thus no longer work properly.

The heart pumps blood through the body. Inside the heart are 4 chambers. There are 2 heart atria and 2 ventricles. Both heart atria and both ventricles are separated from each other by a partition. The heart is composed of a thick muscle layer and a thin membrane in the heart interior. An external sac, the pericardium, surrounds the heart. This sac consists of a tight membrane.

Between the cells of the heart’s muscle there is also fatty tissue and connective tissue. In your case, the proportion of fatty tissue and connective tissue has increased. The proportion of heart muscle cells has decreased. These changes also affect the flow of electrical currents in the heart.

The electrical currents in the heart trigger the heartbeat. To achieve this, the electrical currents are passed on from muscle cell to muscle cell. In your case, that is not working properly. As a result, the heart’s electrical activity is getting mixed up. The heart may then beat irregularly, too quickly or too slowly, for example.

The symptoms depend on how much the heart muscle is changed. For example, if the heart can no longer properly fill with blood, the blood may accumulate in the body. The legs can then swell up or other organs are damaged. If the heart is no longer able to pump vigorously, you may feel tired or get shortness of breath. If the heart is damaged, it may also have an irregular beat.

Additional indicator

On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.

  • G: Confirmed diagnosis
  • V: Tentative diagnosis
  • Z: Condition after
  • A: Excluded diagnosis
  • L: Left
  • R: Right
  • B: Both sides

Further information

Note

This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.
Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.

Source

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).