Z99.4: Dependence on artificial heart
For several months, you have needed a device that assists your heart.
Your heart was probably severely damaged and can thus no longer work properly. A device was thus inserted into your heart to assist it. The device ensures that your heart pumps blood strongly enough through your body.
A cable also runs out of the body from the device in the heart to a control unit. The control unit supplies the device in the heart with an electric current and is thus vitally important.
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).