R01.1: Cardiac murmur, unspecified
A murmur has been heard from your heart.
In this way, the heart beats and pumps blood through our body. The beating of the heart can be heard. To do this, we listen at certain sites in the chest. If any additional noise is heard in the heart, it is known as a heart murmur.
Heart murmurs can be harmless or abnormal. A harmless heart murmur can occur when someone has fever, for example. Harmless heart murmurs can also be heard in children. An abnormal heart murmur can occur, for example, when there have been changes to the cardiac valves. There are 4 valves in the heart. These valves ensure that the blood flows in the right direction. So they have to close tightly. They also have to open up fully so that the blood can be properly pumped out of 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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