Acute coronary insufficiency: Difference between revisions

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-{{DX tag | Acute coronary insufficiency | ACUTE CORONARY INSUFFICIENCY | 152-00 | '''Critical Care and Medicine''' | Currently Collected, since 27 May 04 | |}}
+{{DX tag | Cardiovascular Problems | Medical Problem | ACUTE CORONARY INSUFFICIENCY | Acute Coronary Insufficiency| 152-00 |No | 0 |'''Critical Care and Medicine''' | Currently Collected | May 27.04 | |}}
-Also see [[Unstable angina]]
+Recurrent chest pain with transient electrocardiographic changes. - [[p:Marla Penner]] 12:13, 2014 October 14 (CDT)
-  CORONARY INSUFF: PAIN > 15 MIN. @ REST, NO ENZYME elevation, NO q WAVE CHANGES on EKG
+*Can we code this when a pt returns from an coronary angio and has 3 to 4 vessels blocked and now is waiting for a bed at StB for a CABG and cant go home and is on bedrest to prevent pain from occurring?
+Yes, appropriate to use this code for patients awaiting CABG.
+[[Category:ACS (old)]]
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-[[Category:Diagnosis Coding]]
-At our most recent meeting on April 8,2009 Trish said if the doctors are calling the cardiac chest pain "unstable angina" code it that way. If they are calling the cardiac chest pain coronary insufficiency then code it that way.She mentioned taking away the definitions in the code book.