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2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 437.9

Unspecified cerebrovascular disease

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  • A broad category of disorders characterized by impairment of blood flow in the arteries and veins which supply the brain. These include CEREBRAL INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; and VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. In common usage, the term cerebrovascular disorders is not limited to conditions that affect the cerebrum, but refers to vascular disorders of the entire brain including the DIENCEPHALON; BRAIN STEM; and CEREBELLUM.
  • 437.9 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 437.9 contains 14 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 437.* hierarchy

437.9 also known as:

  • Cerebrovascular disease or lesion NOS

Index entries containing 437.9:

Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • artery 447.9
    • cerebral 437.9
  • brain 348.9
    • arterial, artery 437.9
  • cerebral (see also Disease, brain) 348.9
    • arterial, artery 437.9
  • cerebrovascular NEC 437.9
    • acute 436
      • embolic - see Embolism, brain
      • late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
      • puerperal, postpartum, childbirth 674.0
      • thrombotic - see Thrombosis, brain
    • arteriosclerotic 437.0
    • embolic - see Embolism, brain
    • ischemic, generalized NEC 437.1
    • late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
    • occlusive 437.1
    • puerperal, postpartum, childbirth 674.0
    • specified type NEC 437.8
    • thrombotic - see Thrombosis, brain
  • sinus - see also Sinusitis
    • brain 437.9
Insufficiency, insufficient
  • cerebral (vascular) 437.9
  • cerebrovascular 437.9
    • with transient focal neurological signs and symptoms 435.9
    • acute 437.1
      • with transient focal neurological signs and symptoms 435.9
Insult
  • brain 437.9
  • cerebral 437.9
  • cerebrovascular 437.9
  • vascular NEC 437.9
Lesion(s)
  • brain 348.8
    • vascular (see also Lesion, cerebrovascular) 437.9
      • degenerative 437.1
      • healed or old without residuals V12.59
      • hypertensive 437.2
      • late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
  • cerebrovascular (see also Disease, cerebrovascular NEC) 437.9
  • vascular 459.9
    • affecting central nervous system (see also Lesion, cerebrovascular) 437.9