I21Non-billable
Acute myocardial infarction
Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system
Includes
7 items
Includes
7 items- •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
Use Additional Code
7 items
Use Additional Code
- •code, if applicable, to identify:
- •exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
- •history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
- •occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- •status post administration of tPA (rtPA) in a different facility within the last 24 hours prior to admission to current facility (Z92.82)
- •tobacco dependence (F17.-)
- •tobacco use (Z72.0)
Coding Guidance
I21 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes2
10 items
Excludes2
From I00-I99:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- •endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- •injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- •neoplasms (C00-D49)
- •symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- •systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- •transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)