Diagnosis Code 438.9. ICD-9: 438.9. Short Description: Late effect CV dis NOS. Long Description: Unspecified late effects of cerebrovascular disease. This is the 2014 version of the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 438.9.
ICD-9 code 438 for Late effects of cerebrovascular disease is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE (430-438). Subscribe to Codify and get the code details in a flash.
ICD-9-CM codes are used in medical billing and coding to describe diseases, injuries, symptoms and conditions. ICD-9-CM 438.89 is one of thousands of ICD-9-CM codes used in healthcare. Although ICD-9-CM and CPT codes are largely numeric, they differ in that CPT codes describe medical procedures and services.
438.11 - Late effects of cerebrovascular disease, aphasia. ICD-10-CM.
Code category I69* (Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease) specifies the type of stroke that caused the sequelae (late effect) as well as the residual condition itself.
438.82 - Other late effects of cerebrovascular disease, dysphagia | ICD-10-CM.
I63. 9 - Cerebral infarction, unspecified | ICD-10-CM.
permanent disability. loss of cognitive functions. partial paralysis in some limbs. speech difficulties.
In ICD-9-CM, codes identifying residual effects following treatment for the acute phase of an illness or injury are designated as late effect codes. In ICD-10-CM, the term “late effect” has been replaced with sequela.
Code Sequela of Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke (ICD-10 code I69*) anytime post a diagnosis of any condition classifiable to ICD-10 codes I60 – I67*. 5. History of Stroke (ICD-10 code Z86. 73) should be used when the patient is being seen in an out patient setting subsequent to an inpatient stay.
Sequela (Late Effects) A sequela is the residual effect (condition produced) after the acute phase of an illness or injury has terminated. There is no time limit on when a sequela code can be used.
Cognitive deficits following cerebral infarction The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM I69. 31 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of I69. 31 - other international versions of ICD-10 I69.
Sequela (Late Effects): "A sequela is the residual effect (condition produced) after the acute phase of an illness or injury has terminated.
438.81 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other late effects of cerebrovascular disease, apraxia. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an approximate match to ICD-9 code 438.81:
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.