Medical Coding Exam Prep

Category - ICD-10

Mr. Albert went to a cardiologist with chest pain, slight weakness, and shortness of breath on exertion. The cardiologist mentions no serious abnormality but the case of bradycardia. Assign the correct ICD-10 code for this case.
  1. R00.2
  2. R00.8
  3. R00.0
  4. R00.1
Explanation
Answer: D 

R00.1 is the appropriate code here when it is used to specify bradycardia that is unspecified. Here, the cause is not mentioned here, so it is the correct code. 

Option A is not correct because R00.2 is used to specify palpitations but this is not the diagnosis here. 

Option B is not correct because R00.8 is used to specify abnormalities of heartbeat other than bradycardia, tachycardia, and palpitations but here, bradycardia is the diagnosis. 

Option C is not correct because R00.00 is used to specify tachycardia, unspecified. Here, the diagnosis is bradycardia. 
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