Acute myocardial infarction complication of ventricular septal defect (VSD)
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Acute myocardial infarction complication of ventricular septal defect (VSD) |
ICD10 code: | I23.2 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | VSD |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | 2019-0: Chronic Cardiac Disease, 2019-0: Coronary Artery Disease |
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External ICD10 Documentation |
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Additional Info
- Use this code only if the VSD is a sequela of an acute MI.
- A VSD can form a few days after a myocardial infarction due to mechanical tearing of the septal wall, before scar tissue forms, when macrophages start remodeling the dead heart tissue.
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
Cardiac septum problem codes: |
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
(put links to likely candidates coded with this one, eg. a cause for a trauma.)
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