I24.8
Other forms of acute ischemic heart disease
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
I24.8 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for other forms of acute ischemic heart disease. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are I24.81 Acute coronary microvascular dysfunction and I24.89 Other forms of acute ischemic heart disease. Its coding notes include a Code also instruction, 3 Excludes1 entries and 11 Excludes2 entries.
Code also
Two codes may be needed to describe the condition. This note gives no sequencing order.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
This code
- myocardial infarction due to demand ischemia (I21.A1)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 9 Diseases of the circulatory system
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)