I21.9Billable
Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified
Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system
Inclusion Terms
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Inclusion Terms
- •Myocardial infarction (acute) NOS
Billable Code
I21.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
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death
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electrocardiogram
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ischaemic heart disease
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troponinemia
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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:
Includes
7 items
Includes
From I21:
- •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
Excludes2
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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.-)
Use Additional Code
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Use Additional Code
From I21:
- •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)