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427.5 - Cardiac Arrest


The ICD 9 Code for Cardiac arrest is listed as 427.5.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 427.5
Long Description: Cardiac arrest
Short Description: Cardiac arrest
Chapter: Diseases Of The Circulatory System
Block: Other Forms Of Heart Disease (420-429)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: I46.9 - Cardiac arrest, cause unspecified (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 427.5:
427.0 - Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia
427.1 - Paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia
427.2 - Paroxysmal tachycardia, unspecified
427.9 - Cardiac dysrhythmia, unspecified