Pulmonary hypertension, primary (PPH)
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Pulmonary hypertension, primary (PPH) |
| ICD10 code: | I27.0 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Pulmonary Hypertension |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
| APACHE Como Component: | Respiratory |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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This diagnosis is a part of ICD10 collection.
Additional Info
- Primary Pulmonary Hypertension means there is no identifiable cause for it. Pulmonary Hypertension can be of varying severity and can be a chronic history score in apache if severe.
- Pulmonary hypertension can be acute or chronic.
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
- If there is a know cause of Pulmonary hypertension, do not use this code. Use Pulmonary hypertension, secondary (any cause) instead.