Z95.810 Presence of automatic (implantable) cardiac defibrillator
Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.
Applicable to
Presence of automatic (implantable) cardiac defibrillator with synchronous cardiac pacemaker
Presence of cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D)
Presence of cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)
Applies from Z95 Presence of cardiac and vascular implants and grafts
Excludes2 (not included here)
complications of cardiac and vascular devices, implants and grafts (T82.-)
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 951 in MDC 23.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
V45.02 Automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator in situ
Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))
Unacceptable principal diagnosis: These codes describe a circumstance which influences care but is not a current illness or injury, or capture only an underlying condition, and are unacceptable as principal diagnosis.
Code annotations containing back-references to Z95.810
Back-references to Z95.810
Type 1 Excludes: Z95.0 Presence of cardiac pacemaker ("presence of automatic (implantable) cardiac defibrillator with synchronous cardiac pacemaker (Z95.810)")
Back-references to Z95
Type 1 Excludes: Z18 Retained foreign body fragments ("in situ cardiac device (Z95.-)")
Type 2 Excludes: Z46 Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other devices ("presence of prosthetic and other devices (Z95-Z97)")
Type 2 Excludes: Z78 Other specified health status ("postprocedural status (Z93-Z99)")
Type 2 Excludes: Z87.7 Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformations ("presence of cardiac and vascular implants and grafts (Z95.-)")
Type 2 Excludes: Z94 Transplanted organ and tissue status ("presence of vascular grafts (Z95.-)")