ICD-Code I27.20: Pulmonary hypertension in chronic thromboembolic disease
The pressure in the blood vessels in your lungs is too high.
You need lungs to breathe. 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. The oxygen-poor blood from the body returns back to the heart. The heart then pumps the oxygen-poor blood to the lungs. There, oxygen is absorbed into the blood again.
Blood clots keep forming in your body. The blood clots can get into the lungs via the blood. Blood clots can also form in the lungs themselves. The blood clots have blocked blood vessels of your lungs. This can increase the pressure in the blood vessels of the lungs.
The disease can make breathing more difficult. You may also feel exhausted or weak. Other symptoms may also occur, for example, dizziness or palpitations. The symptoms can occur especially during physical exertion.
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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