I5A
Non-ischemic myocardial injury (non-traumatic)
Billable
Coding Guidelines
Inclusion Terms
- Acute (non-ischemic) myocardial injury
- Chronic (non-ischemic) myocardial injury
- Unspecified (non-ischemic) myocardial injury
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with I5A
- acute myocardial infarction (I21.-)
- injury of heart (S26.-)
Excludes2 (Not Included Here)
These conditions are not part of this code but may be reported additionally if documented
- other acute ischemic heart diseases (I24.-)
Code First
- the underlying cause, if known and applicable, such as:
- acute kidney failure (N17.-)
- acute myocarditis (I40.-)
- cardiomyopathy (I42.-)
- chronic kidney disease (CKD) (N18.-)
- heart failure (I50.-)
- hypertensive urgency (I16.0)
- nonrheumatic aortic valve disorders (I35.-)
- paroxysmal tachycardia (I47.-)
- pulmonary embolism (I26.-)
- pulmonary hypertension (I27.0, I27.2-)
- sepsis (A41.-)
- takotsubo syndrome (I51.81)


