2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Circulatory System 390-459 > Cerebrovascular Disease 430-438 > Transient Cerebral Ischemia 435.* >  2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 435.3
Vertebrobasilar artery syndrome On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date.
The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 435.3 can be accessed here. - Localized or diffuse reduction in blood flow through the vertebrobasilar arterial system, which supplies the BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; OCCIPITAL LOBE; medial TEMPORAL LOBE; and THALAMUS. Characteristic clinical features include SYNCOPE; lightheadedness; visual disturbances; and VERTIGO. BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS or other BRAIN INFARCTION may be associated.
- 435.3 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 435.3 contains 3 index entries
- View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 435.* hierarchy
Index entries containing 435.3:- Insufficiency, insufficient
- arterial 447.1
- vertebrobasilar
 435.3
- vertebrobasilar artery 435.3
Spasm, spastic, spasticity (see also condition) 781.0- artery NEC 443.9
- vertebrobasilar 435.3
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