Subsequent ST elevation (STEMI) and non-ST elevation (NSTEMI) myocardial infarction
Non-billable header
I22 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- acute myocardial infarction occurring within four weeks (28 days) of a previous acute myocardial infarction, regardless of site
- cardiac infarction
- coronary (artery) embolism
- coronary (artery) occlusion
- coronary (artery) rupture
- coronary (artery) thrombosis
- infarction of heart, myocardium, or ventricle
- recurrent myocardial infarction
- reinfarction of myocardium
- rupture of heart, myocardium, or ventricle
- subsequent type 1 myocardial infarction
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- 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
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- 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)
Code also
An additional code may be needed.
More specific codes I22
- I22.0Subsequent ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction of anterior wallBillable
- I22.1Subsequent ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction of inferior wallBillable
- I22.2Subsequent non-ST elevation (NSTEMI) myocardial infarctionBillable
- I22.8Subsequent ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction of other sitesBillable
- I22.9Subsequent ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction of unspecified siteBillable