Case Definitions for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Administrative Databases and Their Impact on In-Hospital Mortality Rates
Health Services Research, 06/29/2012
Metcalfe A et al. – Authors recommend that ICD–9–CM 410 or ICD–10 I21–I22 in the primary diagnosis coding field should be used to define AMI. The use of a consistent validated case definition would improve comparability across studies



