2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 437.9 : Unspecified cerebrovascular disease

broad category of disorders of blood flow in the arteries and veins which supply the brain; includes cerebral infarction, brain ischemia, brain hypoxia, intracranial embolism and thrombosis, intracranial arteriovenous malformations, etc; not limited to conditions that affect the cerebrum, but refers to vascular disorders of the entire brain.
Short description: CEREBROVASC DISEASE NOS.
ICD-9-CM 437.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 437.9:

Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- artery 447.9
  - cerebral 437.9
  - coronary - see Arteriosclerosis, coronary
  - specified type NEC 447.8
- brain 348.9
  - Alzheimer's 331.0
    - with dementia - see Alzheimer's, dementia
  - arterial, artery 437.9
  - arteriosclerotic 437.0
  - congenital 742.9
  - degenerative - see Degeneration, brain
  - inflammatory - see also Encephalitis
    - late effect - see category 326
  - organic 348.9
    - arteriosclerotic 437.0
  - parasitic NEC 123.9
  - Pick's 331.11
    - with dementia
      - with behavioral disturbance 331.11 [294.11]
      - without behavioral disturbance 331.11 [294.10]
  - senile 331.2
- cerebral (see also Disease, brain) 348.9
  - arterial, artery 437.9
  - degenerative - see Degeneration, brain
- 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
  - specified NEC 478.19
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
  - acute 436
- cerebral 437.9
  - acute 436
- cerebrovascular 437.9
  - acute 436
- vascular NEC 437.9
  - acute 436
Lesion(s)
- brain 348.8
  - congenital 742.9
  - vascular (see also Lesion, cerebrovascular) 437.9
    - degenerative 437.1
    - healed or old without residuals V12.54
    - hypertensive 437.2
    - late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
- cerebrovascular (see also Disease, cerebrovascular NEC) 437.9
  - degenerative 437.1
  - healed or old without residuals V12.54
  - hypertensive 437.2
  - specified type NEC 437.8
- vascular 459.9
  - affecting central nervous system (see also Lesion, cerebrovascular) 437.9
  - following trauma (see also Injury, blood vessel, by site) 904.9
  - retina 362.17
  - traumatic - see Injury, blood vessel, by site
  - umbilical cord 663.6
    - affecting fetus or newborn 762.6

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