2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Congenital Anomalies 740-759 > Other Congenital Anomalies Of Circulatory System 747.* > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 747.83 Persistent fetal circulation View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 747.83 A syndrome of persistent PULMONARY HYPERTENSION in the newborn infant (INFANT, NEWBORN) without demonstrable HEART DISEASES. This neonatal condition can be caused by severe pulmonary vasoconstriction (reactive type), hypertrophy of pulmonary arterial muscle (hypertrophic type), or abnormally developed pulmonary arterioles (hypoplastic type). The newborn patient exhibits CYANOSIS and ACIDOSIS due to the persistence of fetal circulatory pattern of right-to-left shunting of blood through a patent ductus arteriosus (DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT) and at times a patent foramen ovale (FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT). 747.83 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 747.83 contains 5 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 747.* hierarchy Alternate Terminology Persistent pulmonary hypertension Primary pulmonary hypertension of newborn  Index entries containing 747.83: Circulation fetal, persistent 747.83 Persistence, persistent (congenital) 759.89 fetal circulation 747.83 pulmonary hypertension 747.83 pulmonary hypertension 747.83 Syndrome - see also Disease persistent fetal circulation 747.83