ICD-Code I21: Acute myocardial infarction
- I21.0 Acute transmural myocardial infarction of anterior wall
- I21.1 Acute transmural myocardial infarction of inferior wall
- I21.2 Acute transmural myocardial infarction of other sites
- I21.3 Acute transmural myocardial infarction of unspecified site
- I21.4 Acute subendocardial myocardial infarction
- I21.9 Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified
Note
In outpatient care, the ICD code on medical documents is always appended with a diagnostic confidence indicator (A, G, V or Z): A (excluded diagnosis), G (confirmed diagnosis), V (tentative diagnosis) and Z (condition after a confirmed diagnosis).
Source
The explanations of ICD and OPS codes are provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG). Unfortunately, no explanation is currently available for this code.
