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ICD-10-CM Code for Acute ischemic heart disease, unspecified I24.9

ICD-10 code I24.9 for Acute ischemic heart disease, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the circulatory system .

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Acute ischemic heart disease, unspecified
Excludes1: ischemic heart disease (chronic) NOS (I25.9)

I24

Excludes1: angina pectoris (I20.-)
transient myocardial ischemia in newborn (P29.4)

Excludes2: non-ischemic myocardial injury (I5A)

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CAD, NSTEMI and ACS
A coder cannot assume one diagnosis will lead to or imply another. \you have documented NSTEMI, CAD, ACS. In addition you state that angina was at no time documented. so I would code I21.4 =NSTENI I... [ Read More ]
Type 2 MI/Type 2 NSTEMI/Demand ischemia
[QUOTE="srinivas.a, post: 405696, member: 271337"]Type 2 NSTEMI is coded to I24.8 --- It is an Supply/demand (type 2) mismatch myocardial infarction not a True MI.[/QUOTE] If the documentation states... [ Read More ]
Type 2 MI/Type 2 NSTEMI/Demand ischemia
[b]Type 2 NSTEMI[/b] Type 2 NSTEMI is coded to I24.8 --- It is an Supply/demand (type 2) mismatch myocardial infarction not a True MI.... [ Read More ]
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