ICD-11 classes
11 Diseases of the circulatory system
Ischaemic heart diseases
Chronic ischaemic heart disease
BA52 — Coronary atherosclerosis
ICD-11 BA52 — Coronary atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is the build up inside the coronary arteries of cholesterol, fatty acids, calcium, fibrous connective tissue and cells (mostly macrophages), referred to as plaque. The effect of this is to reduce the blood flow through the coronary arteries to heart muscle and when marked results in heart damage often with symptoms such as chest pain.
It includes 4 items.
- Coronary artery atherosclerosis
- Coronary artery atheroma
- Coronary artery sclerosis
- coronary artery ostial stenosis due to atherosclerosis
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis with code BA52 contains 4 clarifying diagnoses:
- BA52.0 — Coronary atherosclerosis of native coronary artery
- BA52.1 — Coronary atherosclerosis of autologous bypass graft
It contains 3 clarifying diagnoses. - BA52.2 — Coronary atherosclerosis of non-autologous bypass graft
- BA52.Z — Coronary atherosclerosis, unspecified site
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Diseases of coronary artery #10986
- Coronary atherosclerosis #10999