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The ACC/AHA Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines has commissioned this guideline to focus on the evaluation of acute or stable chest pain or other anginal equivalents, in various clinical settings, with an emphasis on the diagnosis on ischemic causes.
14 Δεκ 2022 · Chest pain is a common complaint and encompasses a broad differential diagnosis that includes several life-threatening causes. A workup must focus on ruling out serious pathology before a clinician considers more benign causes. Common descriptors of visceral pain are dull, deep, pressure, and squeezing.
6 Ιουν 2023 · Chest pain can be due to non-cardiac causes, non-ischemic cardiac disease, and, finally, ischemic cardiac disease. Non-cardiac causes include gastroesophageal reflux disease, lung disease, musculoskeletal causes, and anxiety/panic attacks.
28 Οκτ 2021 · In patients presenting with chest pain, a focused cardiovascular examination should be performed initially to aid in the diagnosis of ACS or other potentially serious causes of chest pain (e.g., aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism (PE), or esophageal rupture) and to identify complications.
Types of Chest Pain and Their Codes. While R07.9 is a catch-all code for unspecified chest pain, there are more specific codes for different types of chest pain. Let’s explore some of them: R07.1: Chest pain on breathing (pleurodynia) R07.2: Precordial pain (pain in the front of the chest)
A code for only chest pain should be used as the main stem code with NEC rule or can use 8E43.0Z for neuropathic pain and the other extension code from the chest pain category. Both options are acceptable in that case.
28 Οκτ 2021 · Chest pain is a frequent cause for emergency department visits in the United States. The “2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain” provides recommendations based on contemporary evidence on the assessment and evaluation of chest pain.
