tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2021 Issue Q4

Coding For Cardiac Presentaions: Solidify Your Heart Attack Coding Knowledge With 4 Quick Tips

Look to the I21 code series in most cases. Chest pain is one of the most common reasons that people visit EDs, and although not every patient presenting with this symptom will be diagnosed with a myocardial infarction (MI), it’s important to know how to code an MI when it occurs. When reporting an MI, you must know details such as if the patient had a ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), as well as the age of the MI, for example. Otherwise, you won’t be able to select the most...

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