Myocardial Infarction with Angina
Per Coding Clinic, First Quarter 2024: Is it appropriate to assign a code for CAD with angina for the severe native multi-vessel disease that resulted in the MI?
Examples:
Assign code I21.4: Non-ST elevation (NSTEMI) myocardial infarction, as the principal diagnosis.
Assign code I25.10: Atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery without angina pectoris, for the multi-vessel native CAD, as an additional diagnosis.
It would be inappropriate to assign a code for angina in the setting of an MI.
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