I21Non-billable (header)
Acute myocardial infarction
✓ Includes
- •cardiac infarction
- •coronary (artery) embolism
- •coronary (artery) occlusion
- •coronary (artery) rupture
- •coronary (artery) thrombosis
- •infarction of heart, myocardium, or ventricle
- •myocardial infarction specified as acute or with a stated duration of 4 weeks (28 days) or less from onset
⚠ Excludes 2(Not included here)
- •old myocardial infarction (I25.2)
- •postmyocardial infarction syndrome (I24.1)
- •subsequent type 1 myocardial infarction (I22.-)
Notes
- ℹcode, if applicable, to identify:
- ℹexposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
- ℹhistory of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
- ℹoccupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- ℹstatus post administration of tPA (rtPA) in a different facility within the last 24 hours prior to admission to current facility (Z92.82)
- ℹtobacco dependence (F17.-)
- ℹtobacco use (Z72.0)
Code Hierarchy
┌9Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)├I20-I25Ischemic heart diseases (I20-I25)├I21Acute myocardial infarction
└I21Acute myocardial infarction
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