Cardiology Coding Alert

Proposed Update:

Does Your Cardiologist Document MI Type 1-5?

This classification may be integral to ICD-10-CM code choice starting in October. ICD-10-CM code choice doesn’t quite line up with the current myocardial infarction (MI) classification, but that may change soon. Background: A proposal for a change to ICD-10-CM explains that the ACC/AHA Task Force on Data Standards developed a myocardial infarction classification “as a controlled terminology for the purpose [...]
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