Ventricular Tachycardia

VTach

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

Serious cardiac arrhythmia coded via ICD-10 (I47.2) in EHR and claims systems, often documented with telemetry and ECG data in cardiology modules. VTach events trigger clinical decision support alerts, are tracked in cardiac registry and quality reporting datasets, and influence risk-adjusted mortality metrics in hospital analytics platforms.

Standard Abbreviation

VTach

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  vtach VARCHAR(100),  -- Ventricular Tachycardia (max 100 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  vtach as ventricular_tachycardia
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Risk stratification and population health analytics
CMS-HCC risk adjustment and RAF score calculation
Quality measure attribution and HEDIS reporting
Clinical data warehouse schema design
Value-based care contract performance tracking

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
vtach

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  vtach        VARCHAR(100),  -- Ventricular Tachycardia (max 100 chars)
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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