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89.50 - Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring


The ICD 9 Code for Ambulatory cardiac monitoring is listed as 89.50.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 89.50
Description: Ambulatory cardiac monitoring
Short Description: Ambu cardiac monitoring
Chapter: Miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
Subsection 1: Interview, evaluation, consultation, and examination
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 4A12X45 - Monitoring of Cardiac Electrical Activity, Ambulatory, External Approach
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 89.50:
89.51 - Rhythm electrocardiogram
89.52 - Electrocardiogram
89.53 - Vectorcardiogram (with ECG)
89.54 - Electrographic monitoring
89.55 - Phonocardiogram with ECG lead
89.56 - Carotid pulse tracing with ECG lead
89.57 - Apexcardiogram (with ECG lead)
89.58 - Plethysmogram
89.59 - Other nonoperative cardiac and vascular measurements