EPISODIC ATRIAL FLUTTER ICD 10 PROFESSIONAL

Information provided on this website is prepared by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) for general information only and does not provide professional advice on a particular matter. The development of consequences such as a CVA (cerebrovascular accident) represents the onset of a new disease/injury rather than worsening of AF. It is difficult to envisage how permanent AF can be worsened per se. In some cases the AF may resolve with treatment of an underlying cause. The natural history of intermittent (paroxysmal) atrial fibrillation is for episodes to continue with a variable frequency and for progression to permanent AF to occur in a proportion of subjects. Other symptoms that may be due to AF are non-specific and generally won't allow a clinical onset to be established. Once the diagnosis has been confirmed by ECG it may be possible to back date onset to when relevant symptoms (particularly palpitations) first started. Additional diagnoses that are covered by this SOP The relevant medical specialist is a cardiologist. This diagnosis is made on the basis of findings on electrocardiography (ECG). Atrial fibrillation may convert to atrial flutter and vice versa.

Both may be paroxysmal (intermittent) or persistent. In atrial flutter the atrial contractions are regular but rapid and inefficient. Atrial fibrillation is characterised by rapid, irregular, disorganised atrial contractions. This SOP covers two related types of disturbance of the electrical rhythm of the heart (arrhythmia). Current RMA Instruments: Reasonable Hypothesis SOP

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