Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 429.81
Other disorders of papillary muscle
  • Short description: Papillary muscle dis NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 429.81 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 429.81 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 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 429.81.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 429.81: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 429.81 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I51.89 Other ill-defined heart diseases
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acute mitral regurgitation from papillary muscle dysfunction
  • Congenital absence of papillary muscle
  • Dysfunction of papillary muscle
  • Incompetence of papillary muscle
  • Incoordination of papillary muscle
  • Papillary muscle atrophy
  • Papillary muscle degeneration
  • Papillary muscle disorder
  • Scarring of papillary muscle
Applies To
  • Papillary muscle:
    • atrophy
    • degeneration
    • dysfunction
    • incompetence
    • incoordination
    • scarring
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 429.81:
  • Atrophy, atrophic
    • papillary muscle 429.81
  • Degeneration, degenerative
    • papillary muscle 429.81
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • papillary muscle NEC 429.81
  • Dysfunction
    • papillary muscle 429.81
      • with myocardial infarction 410.8
  • Incompetency, incompetence, incompetent
    • papillary muscle (heart) 429.81
  • Incoordination
    • papillary muscle 429.81
  • Scar, scarring (see also Cicatrix) 709.2
    • papillary muscle 429.81
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • papillary muscle 429.81
      • with myocardial infarction 410.8
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