Understand Incomplete Right Bundle Branch Block with this comprehensive guide. Learn about IRBBB diagnosis criteria, ECG findings, clinical significance, and differential diagnoses. Explore relevant medical coding guidelines, ICD-10 codes, and documentation best practices for accurate healthcare records. Find information on right bundle branch block, incomplete block, bundle branch block ECG, RBBB symptoms, and cardiac conduction abnormalities. This resource offers valuable insights for physicians, nurses, coders, and other healthcare professionals seeking to improve their understanding and documentation of IRBBB.
Also known as
Conduction disorders
Covers various heart rhythm problems, including bundle branch blocks.
Other cardiac arrhythmias
Includes a broader range of irregular heartbeats beyond specific blocks.
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
May be used if incomplete RBBB is found incidentally during investigation of other symptoms.
Follow this step-by-step guide to choose the correct ICD-10 code.
Is the right bundle branch block complete?
Yes
Code as Complete Right Bundle Branch Block (I45.1)
No
Is it specified as incomplete?
When to use each related code
Description |
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Incomplete Right Bundle Branch Block |
Complete Right Bundle Branch Block |
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy |
Coding I45.1 requires specifying right bundle branch block. Unspecified laterality leads to coding errors and claim denials.
Misdiagnosis between incomplete (I45.1) and complete RBBB (I45.0) impacts clinical documentation integrity and reimbursement.
Insufficient ECG or clinical findings to support I45.1 diagnosis leads to audit risks and potential healthcare fraud implications.
Patient presents with findings suggestive of incomplete right bundle branch block (IRBBB). Electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG) demonstrates rSR' pattern in leads V1-V3, with QRS duration less than 120 milliseconds. The R' deflection is smaller than the R wave. No significant ST-T wave changes are observed. Patient denies chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath, or syncope. Vital signs are stable, including heart rate and blood pressure. Physical exam reveals a regular heart rhythm without murmurs, gallops, or rubs. The patient's medical history includes (list relevant medical history, e.g., hypertension, hyperlipidemia) and current medications include (list current medications). Assessment: Incomplete right bundle branch block, likely benign and not requiring specific treatment in this asymptomatic patient. Differential diagnosis includes normal variant, right ventricular hypertrophy, and other conduction abnormalities. Plan: No specific intervention indicated for the IRBBB at this time. Continue routine monitoring and management of underlying medical conditions. Patient education provided regarding the benign nature of this finding in their specific case and advised to report any new or worsening symptoms. Follow-up ECG may be considered as clinically indicated. ICD-10 code: R00.82 (Other abnormalities of heart rhythm). CPT codes for ECG interpretation: 93000, 93005, 93010 (depending on complexity).