Pulmonary hypertension, secondary (any cause)
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Pulmonary hypertension, secondary (any cause) |
ICD10 code: | I27.2 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Pulmonary Hypertension |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | Respiratory |
APACHE Acute Component: | none |
Start Date: | |
Stop Date: | |
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Additional Info
- Use this code if there is an identifiable cause -- e.g. valvular heart disease, or others listed below.
- use Pulmonary hypertension, primary (PPH) if there is no identifiable cause for it.
- Pulmonary hypertension can be acute or chronic.
- Pulmonary hypertension is part of the APACHE Chronic element.
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Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
Code with the cause if known; possible causes of pulmonary hypertension include (but are not limited to):
- Left heart failure
- diffuse lung diseases, like COPD
- Sleep apnea, obstructive
- Any diffuse infiltrative disease of the lungs, including but not limited to: Sarcoidosis, any organ(s), Idiopathic interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
- autoimmune diseases that affect the lungs or the pulmonary vessels
- Disorder of pulmonary vessels, NOS
- Any chronic or recurrent pulmonary thromboembolic condition
- chronic abuse of certain drugs -- e.g. cocaine, methamphetamine
- congenital heart disorders
- portal hypertension
- AIDS (disease due to HIV)
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