Angina pectoris, unstable
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Angina pectoris, unstable |
ICD10 code: | I20.0 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Unstable angina |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | 2019-0: Coronary Artery Disease |
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Additional Info
- Angina pectoris is chest pain due to cardiac ischemia. It can take on many patterns, and those patterns may not always be the same.
- What makes angina stable is that: (a) it comes on only with exertion that increases body oxygen demand -- typically exercise, and (b) it comes on predictably and reproducibly with the same amount of exertion, and (c) it goes away with rest or treatment (e.g. sublingual nitroglycerine).
- If it comes on with rest, or over time has been coming on with LESS exertion, than it is not stable, but unstable angina.
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- Pain, pleuritic chest pain
- Angina pectoris, stable or NOS
- Angina pectoris, unstable
- Pain, chest NOS
- Pain, acute NOS
- Pain, chronic NOS
- Pain NOS, not specified if acute or chronic
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