I24.8
I24.8: Other forms of acute ischemic heart disease
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
I24.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other forms of acute ischemic heart disease. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- myocardial infarction due to demand ischemia (I21.A1)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above I24.8
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I24.8
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on I24: Other acute ischemic heart diseases
- non-ischemic myocardial injury (I5A)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
I24.8 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57174Billing and Coding: MolDX: Pharmacogenomics Testing
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead I24.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.