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Z95.0: Presence of electronic cardiac devices

You have a pacemaker or defibrillator for your heart.

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's electrical activity causes the heart muscle to contract. It begins at a site in your right atrium. Initially the electrical activity spreads to both atria. The electrical activity then flows on via a sort of cable to the ventricles.

A pacemaker or defibrillator is made up of a housing and usually several cables. The housing is placed under the skin on the chest. The cables then usually run into the blood vessels to the heart.

In an emergency, a defibrillator can release very strong electric currents, for instance if the heart is beating very fast. Thanks to the current surge, the heart should beat again at a normal rate. A pacemaker on the other hand can regularly release currents for the heart so that it beats regularly at a normal rate. But a pacemaker can also ensure that both heart chambers beat equally strongly in certain cases. There are also devices that both work regularly and can also release a strong current surge in an emergency.

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).