I25.22: Old myocardial infarction: 1 year or more previously
You had a heart attack in the past.
The heart muscle is supplied with oxygen-rich blood via the coronary arteries. The coronary arteries are blood vessels that run around the outside of the heart. The coronary arteries can get narrow due to deposits of fat and calcium. Various things favor these deposits. These include smoking, high blood pressure, and other disorders. The porosity of the coronary arteries can also be restricted for other reasons. For example, if the blood vessel wall is damaged or the muscles in the blood vessel wall cramp up.
A heart attack involves the heart not getting enough oxygen-rich blood. As a result, the tissue of the heart gets damaged or dies.
Your old heart attack was more than 1 year ago. Your old heart attack is not currently giving you any problems.
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
Source
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