Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 785.3
Other abnormal heart sounds
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 785.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 785.3 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: 785.3 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R01.2 Other cardiac sounds
Approximate Synonyms
  • Abnl heart sounds
  • Abnormal first heart sound, S>1<
  • Abnormal fourth heart sound, S>4<
  • Abnormal heart sounds
  • Abnormal second heart sound, S>2<
  • Abnormal third heart sound, S>3<
  • Absent second heart sound, S>2<
  • Accentuated split of second heart sound, S>2<
  • Added heart sounds
  • Aortic ejection sound
  • Atrial sound
  • Cardiac dullness shifted to left
  • Cardiac dullness shifted to right
  • Cardiac dullness to percussion diminished
  • Cardiac dullness to percussion increased
  • Cardiac friction fremitus
  • Cardiac thrill
  • Chest dull to percussion
  • Continuous cardiac thrill
  • Diastolic cardiac thrill
  • Diminished split of second heart sound, S>2<
  • Duroziez's murmur
  • Early high pitched third sound
  • Early opening snap
  • Ejection click
  • Exocardial murmurs
  • Feeble apex beat
  • Fetal heart sounds quiet
  • Finding of second heart sound
  • Finding related to cardiac dullness to percussion
  • Fixed split of second heart sound
  • Fremitus
  • Heart murmur
  • Heart sound inaudible
  • Heart sound volume variable
  • Heart sounds abnormal
  • Heart sounds different
  • Heart sounds diminished
  • Heart sounds exaggerated
  • Holodiastolic murmur
  • Increased area of cardiac dullness
  • Irregular tachycardia
  • Loud first heart sound
  • Mid-systolic click
  • On examination - 2nd heart sound split
  • On examination - apex beat displaced -LVH
  • On examination - apex beat displaced -RVH
  • On examination - apex beat feeble
  • On examination - apex beat thrusting
  • On examination - ejection click heard
  • On examination - gallop rhythm present
  • On examination - heart sounds diminished
  • On examination - opening snap heard
  • On examination - pericardial friction rub
  • On examination - pericardial rub present
  • On examination - third heart sound
  • Opening snap
  • Pericardial friction rub
  • Pericardial knock
  • Pleural friction fremitus
  • Precordial friction
  • Prosthetic valve sound muffled
  • Protodiastolic gallop with abnormally audible third heart sound
  • Pulmonic ejection sound
  • Reduced intensity of first heart sound, S>1<
  • Reversed split of first heart sound, S>1<
  • Splitting of heart sounds
  • Systolic cardiac thrill
  • Systolic ejection sound
  • Third heart sound
  • Third sound gallop
  • Thrill
  • Upper sternal shock
  • Widened split of first heart sound, S>1<
Applies To
  • Cardiac dullness, increased or decreased
  • Friction fremitus, cardiac
  • Precordial friction
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 785.3:
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly
    • heart
      • rate
        • fetus, affecting liveborn infant
        • intrauterine
        • newborn
      • shadow 793.2
      • sounds NEC 785.3
  • Dullness
    • cardiac (decreased) (increased) 785.3
  • Findings, (abnormal), without diagnosis (examination) (laboratory test) 796.4
    • heart
  • Fremitus, friction, cardiac 785.3
  • Friction
    • fremitus, cardiac 785.3
    • precordial 785.3
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