BC71.1

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Ventricular fibrillation

Description

Ventricular fibrillation is a rapid grossly irregular ventricular rhythm, usually more than 300 bpm/200 ms (cycle length 180 ms or less), with marked variability in QRS cycle length, morphology, and amplitude, associated with loss of cardiac output, and is usually sustained, requiring intervention to terminate.

Index terms

  • Ventricular fibrillation

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

Sibling codes

  • BC71.0 – Ventricular tachycardia
  • BC71.2 – Re-entry ventricular arrhythmia
  • BC71.Y – Other specified ventricular tachyarrhythmia
  • BC71.Z – Ventricular tachyarrhythmia, unspecified

Foundation entity

Ventricular fibrillation – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1662472992

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