Diagnosis Code: 437.8

Short Description: Cerebrovasc disease NEC

Long Description: Other ill-defined cerebrovascular disease

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the circulatory system (390–459)
  • Cerebrovascular disease (430-438)
    • 437 Other and ill-defined cerebrovascular disease
      • 437.8 Cerebrovasc disease NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Cerebral hemiplegia
• Cerebral paraplegia
• Cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome
• Hereditary cystatin C amyloid angiopathy
• Inequality in size of cerebral ventricles
• Necrosis of central nervous system due to exposure to ionizing radiation
• Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome
• Rolandic vein occlusion syndrome
• Secondary cerebrovascular disease
• Small vessel cerebrovascular disease
• Venous lake

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 437.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Anemia 285.9
  • cerebral 437.8

• Congestion, congestive
  • brain (see also Disease, cerebrovascular NEC) 437.8
    • malarial 084.9

• Depression 311
  • cerebrovascular 437.8
    • newborn 779.2

• Diplegia (upper limbs) 344.2
  • brain or cerebral 437.8

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • cerebrovascular NEC 437.9
    • specified type NEC 437.8

• Failure, failed
  • cerebrovascular 437.8

• Hemiplegia 342.9
  • brain, cerebral (current episode) 437.8
    • congenital 343.1
  • hypertensive (current episode) 437.8

• Hyperemia (acute) 780.99
  • cerebral 437.8

• Lakes, venous (cerebral) 437.8

• Lesion(s)
  • cerebrovascular (see also Disease, cerebrovascular NEC) 437.9
    • specified type NEC 437.8

• Mollities (cerebellar) (cerebral) 437.8
  • ossium 268.2

• Monoplegia 344.5
  • brain (current episode) (see also Paralysis, brain) 437.8
    • fetus or newborn 767.8
  • cerebral (current episode) (see also Paralysis, brain) 437.8

• Necrencephalus (see also Softening, brain) 437.8

• Necrobiosis 799.89
  • brain or cerebral (see also Softening, brain) 437.8

• Necrosis, necrotic
  • brain (softening) (see also Softening, brain) 437.8
  • central nervous system NEC (see also Softening, brain) 437.8
  • cerebellar (see also Softening, brain) 437.8
  • cerebral (softening) (see also Softening, brain) 437.8
  • cerebrospinal (softening) (see also Softening, brain) 437.8

• Palsy (see also Paralysis) 344.9
  • cerebral (congenital) (infantile) (spastic) 343.9
    • noncongenital or noninfantile 437.8
      • late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease

• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
  • brain
    • current episode 437.8
  • cerebral
    • current episode 437.8
  • cerebrocerebellar 437.8
    • diplegic infantile 343.0
  • cortical (see also Paralysis, brain) 437.8
  • hypertensive (current episode) 437.8
  • intracranial (current episode) (see also Paralysis, brain) 437.8
    • due to birth injury 767.0

• Paraplegia 344.1
  • brain (current episode) (see also Paralysis, brain) 437.8
  • cerebral (current episode) (see also Paralysis, brain) 437.8

• Quadriplegia 344.00
  • brain (current episode) 437.8
  • cerebral (current episode) 437.8
  • cortical 437.8

• Siderosis (lung) (occupational) 503
  • central nervous system (CNS) 437.8

• Status (post)
  • lacunaris 437.8
  • lacunosis 437.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 437.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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