I20.8: Other forms of angina pectoris
You have symptoms in your chest. These symptoms are being caused by a circulatory disorder in your heart.
The heart is supplied with oxygen-rich blood via the coronary arteries. The coronary arteries are blood vessels that run around the outside of the heart. Your heart is not getting enough oxygen. This can happen when deposits have narrowed the coronary arteries, for example. The circulatory disorder becomes particularly noticeable when one exercises physically. Then there is not enough oxygen in the heart muscle.
One may then be in pain or have other symptoms. One may feel nauseous or short of breath. The chest pains usually extend into the left arm. However, they may also extend into the abdomen or the jaw.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
Source
Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).
