Ventricular tachycardia

Description

Ventricular tachycardia is a cardiac arrhythmia of three or more consecutive complexes in duration emanating from the ventricles at a rate of greater than 120 bpm in adolescents or adults and a rate greater than 150 bpm in child. Ventricular tachycardia may occur with or without loss of cardiac output.

Exclusions from above levels

01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

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19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
20 – Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Child codes

BC71.00 – Right outflow tract ventricular tachycardia
BC71.01 – Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
BC71.02 – Sustained ventricular tachycardia
BC71.03 – Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia
BC71.0Y – Other specified ventricular tachycardia
BC71.0Z – Ventricular tachycardia, unspecified

Sibling codes

BC71.1 – Ventricular fibrillation
BC71.2 – Re-entry ventricular arrhythmia
BC71.Y – Other specified ventricular tachyarrhythmia
BC71.Z – Ventricular tachyarrhythmia, unspecified

Foundation entity

Ventricular tachycardia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1171837620

Part of: BC71: Ventricular tachyarrhythmia › 11: Diseases of the circulatory system