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. 2014 Jun 30;7(1):1062. doi: 10.4022/jafib.1062

Appendix 1. ICD-9 or CPT Codes for Identification of Variables Included in the Models.

AF indicates atrial fibrillation; CPT, Current Procedural Terminology; HTN, hypertension; ICD-9, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy. * All are ICD-9 codes, except where indicated as CPT.

Variables Codes*
Atrial flutter 427.323
Ischemic heart disease 410–414, 429.2, V45.81
Diabetes 250.x
Hypertension Without LVH: 401.x, 403.xx, 404.00, 404.02, 404.10, 404.12, 404.90, 404.92, 405.xx, 437.2 With LVH: 402.00, 402.10, 402.90, any prior HTN code along with 429.3
Heart failure 428.xx, 402.01, 402.11, 402.91, 404.01, 404.03, 404.11, 404.13, 404.91, 404.93, and 398.91
Cardiomyopathy 425.0, 425.1, 425.2, 425.3, 425.5, 425.7, 425.8, 425.9
Chronic rheumatic heart disease 393–398
Acute rheumatic fever with heart involvement 391.x, 392.0
Other atrial arrhythmias 427.0, 426.89
Bradyarrhythmias 427.81
Pacemaker 00.50, 00.52, 00.53, 37.71–37.79, 37.81–37.89
Renal failure Chronic: 403.01, 403.11, 403.91, 404.03, 404.12, 404.92, 404.13, 404.93, 404.93, 585.x, 586.x, 588.0, V42.0, V45.1, V56.x Acute: 584.0–584.9
Liver disease 70.32, 70.23, 70.32, 70.33, 70.44, 70.54, 70.6, 70.9, 456.0–456.2, 570.x, 571.x, 572.2–572.8, 573.3, 573.4, 573.8, 573.9, V42.7
Thyroid disease 240–246
Pulmonary disease 416.8, 416.9, 490.x–505.x, 506.4, 508.1, 508.8
Cancer 196.x–199.x, 200.x–202.x, 203.0, 238.6, 140.x–172.x, 174.x–195.x
Stroke 433–435
Cerebral hemorrhage 431–432
Depression 296.2, 296.3, 296.5, 300.4, 309.x, 311
Obesity 278.0
Non-rheumatic valvular heart disease 424.xx
Cardiothoracic surgery 35.x–39.x >30 days from index AF encounter date
Electrical cardioversion ICD-9 codes 99.61, 99.62, and 99.60 CPT codes 00410, 92960, and 92961
AF ablation ICD-9-CM 37.33, 37.34 CPT 93651
Bleeding ICD-9 codes 528.0–528.9, 530.7, 531.0, 531.2, 531.4, 531.6, 532.0, 532.2, 532.4, 532.6, 533.0, 533.2, 533.4, 533.6, 534.0, 534.2, 534.4, 534.6, 362.8, 379.2, 441.0, 441.1, 441.3, 161.7, 599.7, 786.3, 784.7, 431.0–432.9