Disorder of pulmonary vessels, NOS
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Disorder of pulmonary vessels, NOS |
| ICD10 code: | I28 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | none assigned |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
| APACHE Como Component: | none |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
| Start Date: | |
| Stop Date: | |
| External ICD10 Documentation | |
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Additional Info
incl rupture, a-v fistula, aneurysm
- Pulmonary vascular disease describes any process that disturbs the blood flow between the heart and the lungs. Blood travels from the right side of the heart to the lungs through pulmonary arteries. The vessels then split into smaller conduits and eventually into capillary beds where oxygen is absorbed and carbon dioxide is released. The pulmonary vein then returns the freshly oxygenated blood to the left side of the heart from where it is pumped throughout the rest of the body. Any process that disrupts the balance along this pathway defines PVD. For example, people with arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the lungs, there is an abnormal communication between arteries and veins. The abnormal communication does not allow good oxygen-carbon dioxide exchanges and behaves like pulmonary hypertension. Nonetheless, pulmonary vascular disorder also includes acute and chronic thromboembolic disease (blood clot), pulmonary hypertension, and pulmonary veno-occlusive disease. It can present as an acute process, such as blood clots traveling to the lungs, or as a slow progressing disease like AVM revealing itself over months and years.
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