Z95.80: Presence of a cardiac support system
Your heart is no longer able to pump blood properly. Because of that, you have a device that assists your heart.
The heart pumps blood through the body. The heart may be damaged be various diseases. Your heart was probably severely damaged and can no longer pump blood strongly enough. Because of that, you have received a device that assists your heart. This device can be inserted into the body. But the device may also be outside of the body. The device is usually connected to large blood vessels. The device then pumps the blood through the body along with the heart. There are also devices that pump blood all by themselves. That is necessary for example if your own heart is no longer pumping at all.
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).