An elderly patient comes into the emergency department (ED) with shortness of breath. An ECG is performed The final diagnosis at discharge is impending myocardial infarction. According to ICD-10-CM guidelines, how is this reported?
Remember when looking at symptoms that if it is associated with the diagnosis then it does not need to be coded unless it is unrelated, SOB is definitely associated with MI so unnecessary to code.
final diagnosis is impending myocardial infarction which is R20.0
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