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ICD-Code Z95.0: Presence of electronic cardiac devices

You have a pacemaker or defibrillator for your heart.

The heart pumps blood through the body. Inside the heart are 4 chambers. There are 2 heart atria and 2 ventricles. Both heart atria and both ventricles are separated from each other by a partition.The electrical currents flow through the heart. The heart's electrical activity causes the heart muscle to contract. It begins at a site in your right atrium. Initially the electrical activity spreads to both atria. The electrical activity then flows on via a sort of cable to the ventricles.

A pacemaker or defibrillator is made up of a housing and usually several cables. The housing is placed under the skin on the chest. The cables then usually run into the blood vessels to the heart.

In an emergency, a defibrillator can release very strong electric currents, for instance if the heart is beating very fast. Thanks to the current surge, the heart should beat again at a normal rate. A pacemaker on the other hand can regularly release currents for the heart so that it beats regularly at a normal rate. But a pacemaker can also ensure that both heart chambers beat equally strongly in certain cases. There are also devices that both work regularly and can also release a strong current surge in an emergency.

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.

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

Source

The explanation of the ICD code was provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).