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I20.8

I20.8: Other forms of angina pectoris

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

I20.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other forms of angina pectoris. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

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Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

  • code(s) for symptoms associated with angina equivalent

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above I20.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on I20: Angina pectoris

  • angina pectoris with atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary arteries (I25.1-)
  • atherosclerosis of coronary artery bypass graft(s) and coronary artery of transplanted heart with angina pectoris (I25.7-)
  • postinfarction angina (I23.7)

Other codes that can never be billed with I20.8

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • I24Other acute ischemic heart diseases
  • I25.118Atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery with other forms of angina pectoris
  • I25.708Atherosclerosis of coronary artery bypass graft(s), unspecified, with other forms of angina pectoris
  • I25.718Atherosclerosis of autologous vein coronary artery bypass graft(s) with other forms of angina pectoris
  • I25.728Atherosclerosis of autologous artery coronary artery bypass graft(s) with other forms of angina pectoris
  • I25.738Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological coronary artery bypass graft(s) with other forms of angina pectoris
  • I25.798Atherosclerosis of other coronary artery bypass graft(s) with other forms of angina pectoris

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead I20.8

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under I20

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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