Although these codes play an important role with case identification and reimbursement, they are perceived to lack clinical specificity.#Goals/Aims:We sought to describe the relationship between HF type (based on left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF]) and assigned HF ICD-10 code in a large ...
Eligible patients were age older than 18, had complete echocardiography examination and had a diagnosis of ICM or NICM. For the indication of ICD, primary prevention was defined as in symptomatic ICM/NICM patients with NYHA function class II-III and LVEF ≤ 35% following optimal medical ...