Diagnosis Code: 993.2

Short Description: Eff high altitud NEC/NOS

Long Description: Other and unspecified effects of high altitude

Code Classification:

• Injury and poisoning (800–999)
  • Other and unspecified effects of external causes (990-995)
    • 993 Effects of air pressure
      • 993.2 Eff high altitud NEC/NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Acute mountain sickness
• Aerodontalgia
• Altitude edema
• Andes disease
• Anoxia due to high altitude
• Barotrauma of ascent
• Barotrauma of descent
• Chronic mountain sickness
• Diving barotrauma
• Ebullism
• Effects of high altitude
• Erythrocytosis due to low atmospheric pressure
• High altitude cerebral edema
• High altitude pulmonary edema
• High altitude pulmonary hypertension
• High altitude retinopathy
• Local pressure effects
• Subacute mountain sickness
• Suit squeeze

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 993.2 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Acosta's disease 993.2

• Aerodontalgia 993.2

• Alpine sickness 993.2

• Andes disease 993.2

• Anoxia 799.02
  • altitude 993.2
  • high altitude 993.2

• Aviators
  • disease or sickness (see also Effect, adverse, high altitude) 993.2

• Balloon disease (see also Effect, adverse, high altitude) 993.2

• Barodontalgia 993.2

• Barotrauma 993.2
  • odontalgia 993.2
  • otitic 993.0
  • sinus 993.1

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • Acosta's 993.2
  • alpine 993.2
  • altitude 993.2
  • Andes 993.2
  • aviators' (see also Effect, adverse, high altitude) 993.2
  • balloon (see also Effect, adverse, high altitude) 993.2
  • Monge's 993.2

• Edema, edematous 782.3
  • lung 514
    • due to
      • high altitude 993.2

• Effect, adverse NEC
  • high altitude NEC 993.2
    • anoxia 993.2
    • on
      • ears 993.0
      • sinuses 993.1
    • polycythemia 289.0

• High
  • altitude effects 993.2
    • anoxia 993.2
    • on
      • ears 993.0
      • sinuses 993.1
    • polycythemia 289.0

• Hypobarism 993.2

• Hypobaropathy 993.2

• Mountain
  • sickness 993.2
    • with polycythemia, acquired 289.0
    • acute 289.0

• Sickness
  • alpine 993.2
  • altitude 993.2
  • Andes 993.2
  • aviators' 993.2
  • balloon 993.2
  • mountain 993.2
    • acute 289.0

• Stress 308.9

• Syndrome - see also Disease
  • low
    • atmospheric pressure 993.2

Crosswalk Information

The code 993.2 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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