Atrial Fibrillation: If you get a query in ICD-10 Most important documentation requirement for diagnoses Documentation specificity ICD-10 State acuity type  Acute  Chronic Classification  Paroxysmal  Persistent  Chronic or permanent If.

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Transcript Atrial Fibrillation: If you get a query in ICD-10 Most important documentation requirement for diagnoses Documentation specificity ICD-10 State acuity type  Acute  Chronic Classification  Paroxysmal  Persistent  Chronic or permanent If. 

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Atrial Fibrillation: If you get a query in ICD-10
Most important
documentation
requirement
for diagnoses
Documentation
specificity
ICD-10
State acuity type
 Acute
 Chronic
Classification
 Paroxysmal
 Persistent
 Chronic or permanent
If you document atrial fibrillation with RVR, or rapid atrial fibrillation, these terms are not specific enough for code assignment in ICD-10.
The definition in the Merck Manual states paroxysmal AF is recurrent AF typically lasting <48 hours then converts to SR.
Persistent atrial fibrillation >one week and requires treatment to convert to Sinus Rhythm. Permanent or chronic atrial fibrillation cannot
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