Diagnosis Code: 448.9

Short Description: Capillary dis NEC/NOS

Long Description: Other and unspecified capillary diseases

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the circulatory system (390–459)
  • Diseases of arteries, arterioles, and capillaries (440-449)
    • 448 Diseases of capillaries
      • 448.9 Capillary dis NEC/NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Arterial, arteriole and capillary disease
• Capillaritis
• Capillaritis due to drug
• Capillary hemorrhage
• Capillary hyperpermeability
• Capillary leak syndrome
• Capillary thrombosis
• Conjunctival telangiectasis
• Corticosteroid-induced telangiectasia
• Dilated capillaries
• Disorder of capillaries
• Familial pigmented purpuric eruption
• Hereditary benign telangiectasia
• Increased blood vessel permeability
• Increased capillary permeability
• Increased capillary resistance
• Lupus erythematosus-associated nailfold telangiectasia
• Primary idiopathic cutaneous telangiectasia
• Progressive ascending arborizing telangiectasia
• Scleroderma-associated nailfold telangiectasia
• Scleroderma-associated telangiectasia
• Secondary idiopathic telangiectasia
• Secondary telangiectasia
• Solar telangiectasia
• Sunburst telangiectases
• Telangiectasia disorder
• Telangiectasia due to prolonged vasodilatation
• Telangiectasia due to radiation damage
• Telangiectasia due to venous hypertension
• Telangiectasia following surgery
• Telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans
• Telangiectasia of limb
• Telangiectasia of nailfolds
• Telangiectasia of skin of face
• Unilateral nevoid telangiectasia syndrome
• Venous telangiectases of the lower limb

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 448.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Acroangiodermatitis 448.9

• Atonia, atony, atonic
  • capillary 448.9

• Bleeding (see also Hemorrhage) 459.0
  • capillary 448.9

• Deformity 738.9
  • capillary (acquired) 448.9
    • congenital NEC (see also Deformity, vascular) 747.60

• Degeneration, degenerative
  • capillaries 448.9
    • amyloid 277.39
    • fatty 448.9
    • lardaceous 277.39

• Dilatation
  • capillaries 448.9

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • capillaries 448.9

• Ectasia, ectasis
  • capillary 448.9
  • papillary 448.9

• Embolism 444.9
  • capillary 448.9

• Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (nontraumatic) 459.0
  • capillary 448.9
    • primary 287.8

• Hyperpermeability, capillary 448.9

• Increase, increased
  • permeability, capillary 448.9

• Rupture, ruptured 553.9
  • capillaries 448.9

• Telangiectasia, telangiectasis (verrucous) 448.9
  • ataxic (cerebellar) 334.8
  • familial 448.0
  • hemorrhagic, hereditary (congenital) (senile) 448.0
  • hereditary hemorrhagic 448.0
  • retina 362.15
  • spider 448.1

• Thrombosis, thrombotic (marantic) (multiple) (progressive) (vein) (vessel) 453.9
  • capillary 448.9
    • arteriolar, generalized 446.6

Crosswalk Information

The code 448.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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