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ICD-10-CM Code for Rupture of chordae tendineae as current complication following acute myocardial infarction I23.4

ICD-10 code I23.4 for Rupture of chordae tendineae as current complication following acute myocardial infarction is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the circulatory system .

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Rupture of chordae tendineae as current complication following acute myocardial infarction
Excludes1: rupture of chordae tendineae not specified as current complication following acute myocardial infarction (I51.1)

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