I21.19
ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving other coronary artery of inferior wall
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 14 never code together
I21code
I21.19code
Excludes2
- ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving left circumflex coronary artery (I21.21)I21.21
I00-I99chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)M30-M36
- transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)G45.-
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 20
I21code
Includes
- cardiac infarction
- coronary (artery) embolism
- coronary (artery) occlusion
- coronary (artery) rupture
- coronary (artery) thrombosis
- infarction of heart, myocardium, or ventricle
- myocardial infarction specified as acute or with a stated duration of 4 weeks (28 days) or less from onset
Use additional code
- code, if applicable, to identify:
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)Z77.22
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)Z87.891
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)Z57.31
- status post administration of tPA (rtPA) in a different facility within the last 24 hours prior to admission to current facility (Z92.82)Z92.82
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)F17.-
- tobacco use (Z72.0)Z72.0
I21.19code
Inclusion terms
- Acute transmural myocardial infarction of inferior wall
- Inferolateral transmural (Q wave) infarction (acute)
- Transmural (Q wave) infarction (acute) (of) diaphragmatic wall
- Transmural (Q wave) infarction (acute) (of) inferior (wall) NOS
I21.1code
Inclusion terms
- Type 1 ST elevation myocardial infarction of inferior wall
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 1 same parent — I21.1
Medications 2
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.