Unstable angina
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Also see Acute coronary insufficiency.
151 UNSTABLE ANGINA PAIN < 15 MIN. RELIEVED BY NITRO OR @ REST
Discussion
- 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.
- I agree with you that the wording or classifications are used differently now. At the VIC if it is not clearly an STEMI or a NSTEMI we use Acute Coronary Insufficiency. If they have a history of chest pain that is not described as Unstable angina, we use 152 - Chronic stable angina. I would like us to be to use the classification ACS (unless it is clearly an NSTEMI) JWinestock 17:06, 3 March 2009 (CST)
- We need to form a workgroup and have folks work on this one.
- A. what is types of cardiac problems are grouped under "ACS syndrome".
- B. What is the new definition going to be.
- C. How to remap then convert the previous codes into current ACS code. The programmer would have to write a conversion.
- Volunteers for this working group or I will choose? One of the collectors from STB should be on it since the "BIG Cardiology" team is there now.TOstryzniuk 23:18, 11 March 2009 (CDT)