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Q26.3: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Some of your pulmonary veins have not developed properly. This means the blood from your lungs is flowing to your heart differently than it normally does.

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. The blood vessels from the lungs to the heart are called pulmonary veins. Normally, blood flows from the lungs into the left side of the heart through the pulmonary veins. From there, it is pumped into the body.

Some of your pulmonary veins did not develop properly before you were born. With this defect, blood flows from the lungs through the pulmonary veins into the right side of the heart instead of the left side. From the right side of the heart, some of the blood is then pumped directly through the lungs again. This creates additional blood flow between the heart and the lungs. The body may not be adequately supplied with oxygen.

You may have various symptoms with this disease. It may inhibit normal growth during childhood. You may also feel weak or be short of breath. If the heart comes under a lot of strain as a result of the additional blood flow, you can become seriously ill.

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

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).