Chest Pain-MI v3.2 Education-Cardiac Troponin

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The transcript explains how to code troponin-related sequences. Sequence 15446 captures when troponin is not drawn. Sequence 15456 records the facility’s documented troponin protocol from arrival to discharge, not the actual specimen timing or results. Protocol options include STEMI, 0–1 hour, 0–2 hours, 0–3 hours, 0–6 hours, or not documented. A case example shows that if the facility uses a 0–1 hour protocol, it is coded as 0–1 hour even if the second draw occurs later. Sequence 15558 captures troponin values and units, with less-than values recorded as the number only.

Keywords

troponin

sequence coding

troponin protocol

specimen timing

troponin values