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238.4 POLYCYTHEMIA VERA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 238.4

Short Description: Polycythemia vera

Long Description: Polycythemia vera

Code Classification:

  • Neoplasms (140–239)
    • Neoplasms of uncertain behavior (235-238)
      • 238 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of other and unspecified sites and tissues
        • 238.4 Polycythemia vera

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 238.4 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Osler (-Vaquez) (polycythemia vera) (M9950/1) 238.4
    • Vaquez (-Osler) (polycythemia vera) (M9950/1) 238.4
  • Osler's
    • disease (M9950/1) (polycythemia vera) 238.4
  • Osler-Vaquez disease (M9950/1) (polycythemia vera) 238.4
  • Polycythemia (primary) (rubra) (vera) (M9950/1) 238.4
    • acquired 289.0
    • benign 289.0
      • familial 289.6
    • due to
      • donor twin 776.4
      • fall in plasma volume 289.0
      • high altitude 289.0
      • maternal-fetal transfusion 776.4
      • stress 289.0
    • emotional 289.0
    • erythropoietin 289.0
    • familial (benign) 289.6
    • Gaisb�ck's (hypertonica) 289.0
    • high altitude 289.0
    • hypertonica 289.0
    • hypoxemic 289.0
    • neonatorum 776.4
    • nephrogenous 289.0
    • relative 289.0
    • secondary 289.0
    • spurious 289.0
    • stress 289.0
  • Vaquez's disease (M9950/1) 238.4
  • Vaquez-Osler disease (polycythemia vera) (M9950/1) 238.4

Crosswalk Information

The code 238.4 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
238.4 Right Arrow D45 Polycythemia vera
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
238.0 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of bone and articular cartilage
238.1 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of connective and other soft tissue
238.2 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of skin
238.3 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of breast
238.5 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of histiocytic and mast cells
238.6 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of plasma cells
238.71 Essential thrombocythemia
238.72 Low grade myelodysplastic syndrome lesions
238.73 High grade myelodysplastic syndrome lesions
238.74 Myelodysplastic syndrome with 5q deletion
238.75 Myelodysplastic syndrome, unspecified
238.76 Myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia
238.77 Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD)
238.79 Other lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues
238.8 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of other specified sites
238.9 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior, site unspecified

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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