Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 745.3
Common ventricle
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 745.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 745.3 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 745.3 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Q20.4 Double inlet ventricle
Approximate Synonyms
  • COMMON VENTRICLE
  • Double inlet ventricle
Clinical Information
  • An umbrella term used to describe several very different complex congenital heart defects that share the same problem: the heart has only one functional ventricle (anatomically right or left or indeterminate) supplying the systemic circulation. These defects include tricuspid atresia, hypoplastic left or right heart syndrome, double outlet right ventricle, double inlet left ventricle, and other forms of single ventricle defects
Applies To
  • Cor triloculare biatriatum
  • Single ventricle
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 745.3:
  • Absence (organ or part) (complete or partial)
    • septum (congenital) - see also Imperfect, closure, septum
      • atrial 745.69
      • between aorta and pulmonary artery 745.0
      • ventricular 745.3
    • ventricular septum 745.3
  • Agenesis - see also Absence, by site, congenital
    • septum
      • atrial 745.69
      • between aorta and pulmonary artery 745.0
      • ventricular 745.3
  • Common
    • ventricle 745.3
  • Cor
  • Single
    • ventricle 745.3
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