I26.0: Pulmonary embolism with mention of acute cor pulmonale
Blood vessels in your lungs have closed up. The blocked vessel in your lung has also over-strained your heart.
You need lungs to breath. When we breathe in, oxygen enters the lungs and accumulates in the blood. This blood then flows to the heart. The heart then pumps the oxygen-rich blood throughout the body. All of the organs are supplied with oxygen as a result. Blood vessels in your lungs have closed up.
This is usually caused by blood clots. The blood clots can form somewhere else in the body, for example in the legs. The blood clots can then free themselves and move into the lungs along with the bloodstream. Blood clots can also form in the lungs themselves. The blood clots can then block the blood vessels in the lungs. This may affect one or more blood vessels.
The blocked vessel may damage the tissue of the lungs.
If many blood vessels or large blood vessels get blocked, the blood can accumulate in the blood vessels. This can increase the pressure in the blood vessels in the lungs and the pressure in the heart. This can over-strain and damage the heart.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
Source
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