Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) is high blood pressure in the lungs. It's a rare lung disorder in which the blood vessels in the lungs narrow and the pressure in the pulmonary artery rises far above normal levels.
Primary pulmonary hypertension — also called heritable PAH, idiopathic PAH, primary group 1 pulmonary hypertension, and primary PAH — is reported using I27....Note New Codes for Pulmonary Hypertension.New CodesDescriptionI27.22Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease Group 2 pulmonary hypertension5 more rows•Jan 2, 2018
Heart and lung disease are the most common causes of secondary pulmonary hypertension.
Pulmonary hypertension, unspecified I27. 20 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM I27. 20 became effective on October 1, 2021.
ICD-10 uses only a single code for individuals who meet criteria for hypertension and do not have comorbid heart or kidney disease. That code is I10, Essential (primary) hypertension.
ICD-10-CM Codes for PAHICD-10-CM. Description.I27.0. Primary pulmonary hypertension.I27.20. Pulmonary hypertension, unspecified.I27.21. Secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension.I27.81. Cor pulmonale (chronic)I27.89. Other specified pulmonary heart diseases.I27.9. Pulmonary heart disease, unspecified.
Pulmonary hypertension was previously divided into primary and secondary categories; primary pulmonary hypertension described an idiopathic hypertensive vasculopathy exclusively affecting the pulmonary circulation, whereas secondary pulmonary hypertension was associated with a causal underlying disease process.
In middle-aged adults, aldosteronism is the most common secondary cause of hypertension, and the recommended initial diagnostic test is an aldosterone/renin ratio.
The term pulmonary hypertension refers to high blood pressure in the lungs. While in regular hypertension (also known as high blood pressure), the arteries throughout the body are constricted, PH primarily affects the blood vessels in the lungs, making the right side of the heart work harder.
There are two ICD-10-CM codes to report for this type of pulmonary hypertension. I27. 0 (primary pulmonary hypertension) and I27. 21 (secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension).
Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease I27. 22 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM I27. 22 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Pulmonary arteriosclerosis is rather a broad term given to a variety of changes in the pulmonary arteries. Anatomically three types of sclerosing processes are recognized.
As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use the following two equivalent ICD-10-CM codes, which are an approximate match to ICD-9 code 416.8:
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM B96.8 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere 1 B96.8 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. 2 Short description: Oth bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classd elswhr 3 The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM B96.8 became effective on October 1, 2020. 4 This is the American ICD-10-CM version of B96.8 - other international versions of ICD-10 B96.8 may differ.
Other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere. B96.8 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. Short description: Oth bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classd elswhr.
7th Characters - Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.
416.8 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other chronic pulmonary heart diseases. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.