Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks

Could you please advise me appropriate ICD-9 code for Multiple Shocks from Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator.

Thanks in advance

Dec 5th, 2014 -

re: Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks

well, if they got shocked, that means they had ventricular tachycardia, so I'd use that code. You can also code the reason for the ICD, such as systolic heart failure. And was their potassium or magnesium abnormal?