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2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 415.1
Pulmonary embolism and infarction
415.0
415.11
There are
3 ICD-9-CM codes
below 415.1 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Diagnosis Definition(s)
The closure of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by an embolus, sometimes associated with infarction of the lung.
Localized necrosis of lung tissue caused by obstruction of the arterial blood supply, most often due to pulmonary embolism.
Excludes
chronic pulmonary embolism (
416.2
)
personal history of pulmonary embolism (
V12.51
)
that complicating:
abortion (
634
-
638
with .6,
639.6
)
ectopic or molar pregnancy (
639.6
)
pregnancy, childbirth, or the puerperium (
673.0
-
673.8
)
Also applicable to/known as
Pulmonary (artery) (vein):
apoplexy
embolism
infarction (hemorrhagic)
thrombosis