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Specific code 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 437.9
Unspecified cerebrovascular disease
  • Short description: CEREBROVASC DISEASE NOS.
  • ICD-9-CM 437.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 437.9 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).
  • You are viewing the 2008 version of ICD-9-CM 437.9.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 437.9: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 437.9 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I67.9 Cerebrovascular disease, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Cerebrovascular disease
Applies To
  • Cerebrovascular disease or lesion NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 437.9:
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • artery 447.9
      • cerebral 437.9
      • coronary - see Arteriosclerosis, coronary
      • specified type NEC 447.8
    • brain 348.9
      • Alzheimer's 331.0
        • with dementia - see Alzheimer's, dementia
      • arterial, artery 437.9
      • arteriosclerotic 437.0
      • congenital 742.9
      • degenerative - see Degeneration, brain
      • inflammatory - see also Encephalitis
        • late effect - see category 326
      • organic 348.9
      • parasitic NEC 123.9
      • Pick's 331.11
      • senile 331.2
    • cerebral (see also Disease, brain) 348.9
      • arterial, artery 437.9
      • degenerative - see Degeneration, brain
    • cerebrovascular NEC 437.9
      • acute 436
        • embolic - see Embolism, brain
        • late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
        • puerperal, postpartum, childbirth 674.0
        • thrombotic - see Thrombosis, brain
      • arteriosclerotic 437.0
      • embolic - see Embolism, brain
      • ischemic, generalized NEC 437.1
      • late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
      • occlusive 437.1
      • puerperal, postpartum, childbirth 674.0
      • specified type NEC 437.8
      • thrombotic - see Thrombosis, brain
    • sinus - see also Sinusitis
      • brain 437.9
      • specified NEC 478.19
  • Insufficiency, insufficient
    • cerebral (vascular) 437.9
    • cerebrovascular 437.9
      • with transient focal neurological signs and symptoms 435.9
      • acute 437.1
        • with transient focal neurological signs and symptoms 435.9
  • Insult
    • brain 437.9
    • cerebral 437.9
    • cerebrovascular 437.9
    • vascular NEC 437.9
  • Lesion(s)
    • brain 348.8
      • congenital 742.9
      • vascular (see also Lesion, cerebrovascular) 437.9
        • degenerative 437.1
        • healed or old without residuals V12.54
        • hypertensive 437.2
        • late effect - see Late effect(s) (of) cerebrovascular disease
    • cerebrovascular (see also Disease, cerebrovascular NEC) 437.9
    • vascular 459.9
      • affecting central nervous system (see also Lesion, cerebrovascular) 437.9
      • following trauma (see also Injury, blood vessel, by site) 904.9
      • retina 362.17
      • traumatic - see Injury, blood vessel, by site
      • umbilical cord 663.6
        • affecting fetus or newborn 762.6
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