Specific code 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 416.8
Other chronic pulmonary heart diseases
  • Short description: CHR PULMON HEART DIS NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 416.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 416.8 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2008 version of ICD-9-CM 416.8.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 416.8: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 416.8 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I27.2 Other secondary pulmonary hypertension
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I27.89 Other specified pulmonary heart diseases
Approximate Synonyms
  • Drug-induced pulmonary hypertension
  • Facultative pulmonary hypertension with shunt at atrial level
  • High altitude pulmonary hypertension
  • Post-arteritic pulmonary hypertension
  • Post-capillary pulmonary hypertension
  • Pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • Pulmonary artery HTN
  • Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis
  • Pulmonary HTN
  • Pulmonary HTN, arterial
  • Pulmonary HTN, secondary
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic underventilation
  • Pulmonary hypertension secondary to raised pulmonary vascular resistance
  • Pulmonary hypertension with extreme obesity
  • Pulmonary hypertension with occult mitral stenosis
  • Pulmonary hypertensive arterial disease
  • Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
  • Right heart failure due to pulmonary HTN
  • Right heart failure due to pulmonary hypertension
  • Secondary pulmonary HTN
  • Secondary pulmonary hypertension
  • Secondary pulmonary hypertension (HTN)
  • Thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Applies To
  • Pulmonary hypertension, secondary
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 416.8:
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • heart (organic) 429.9
      • with
        • acute pulmonary edema (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
          • hypertensive 402.91
          • kidney disease - see Hypertension, cardiorenal
          • rheumatic fever (conditions classifiable to 390)
      • amyloid 277.39[425.7]
      • aortic (valve) (see also Endocarditis, aortic) 424.1
      • arteriosclerotic or sclerotic (minimal) (senile) - see Arteriosclerosis, coronary
      • artery, arterial - see Arteriosclerosis, coronary
      • atherosclerotic - see Arteriosclerosis, coronary
      • beer drinkers' 425.5
      • beriberi 265.0 [425.7]
      • black 416.0
      • congenital NEC 746.9
        • cyanotic 746.9
        • maternal, affecting fetus or newborn 760.3
        • specified type NEC 746.89
      • congestive (see also Failure, heart) 428.0
      • coronary 414.9
      • cryptogenic 429.9
      • due to
      • fetal 746.9
      • fibroid (see also Myocarditis) 429.0
      • functional 427.9
      • glycogen storage 271.0 [425.7]
      • gonococcal NEC 098.85
      • gouty 274.82
      • hypertensive (see also Hypertension, heart) 402.90
      • hyperthyroid (see also Hyperthyroidism) 242.9 [425.7]
      • incompletely diagnosed - see Disease, heart
      • ischemic (chronic) (see also Ischemia, heart) 414.9
        • acute (see also Infarct, myocardium) 410.9
          • without myocardial infarction 411.89
            • with coronary (artery) occlusion 411.81
        • asymptomatic 412
        • diagnosed on ECG or other special investigation but currently presenting no symptoms 412
      • kyphoscoliotic 416.1
      • mitral (see also Endocarditis, mitral) 394.9
      • muscular (see also Degeneration, myocardial) 429.1
      • postpartum 674.8
      • psychogenic (functional) 306.2
      • pulmonary (chronic) 416.9
        • acute 415.0
        • specified NEC 416.8
      • rheumatic (chronic) (inactive) (old) (quiescent) (with chorea) 398.90
        • active or acute 391.9
          • with chorea (active) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0
          • specified type NEC 391.8
        • maternal, affecting fetus or newborn 760.3
      • rheumatoid - see Arthritis, rheumatoid
      • sclerotic - see Arteriosclerosis, coronary
      • senile (see also Myocarditis) 429.0
      • specified type NEC 429.89
      • syphilitic 093.89
      • thyroid (gland) (see also Hyperthyroidism) 242.9 [425.7]
      • thyrotoxic (see also Thyrotoxicosis) 242.9 [425.7]
      • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.9 [425.8]
      • valve, valvular (obstructive) (regurgitant) - see also Endocarditis
        • congenital NEC (see also Anomaly, heart, valve) 746.9
      • vascular - see Disease, cardiovascular
    • pulmonary - see also Disease, lung
      • amyloid 277.39 [517.8]
      • artery 417.9
      • circulation, circulatory 417.9
      • diffuse obstructive (chronic) 496
        • with
          • acute bronchitis 491.22
          • asthma (chronic) (obstructive) 493.2
          • exacerbation NEC (acute) 491.21
      • heart (chronic) 416.9
        • specified NEC 416.8
      • hypertensive (vascular) 416.0
      • obstructive diffuse (chronic) 496
      • valve (see also Endocarditis, pulmonary) 424.3
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