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Specific code 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 448.9
Other and unspecified capillary diseases
  • Short description: CAPILLARY DIS NEC/NOS.
  • ICD-9-CM 448.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 448.9 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 448.9.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 448.9: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 448.9 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I78.8 Other diseases of capillaries
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I78.9 Disease of capillaries, unspecified
Approximate 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
  • Telangiectasia due to prolonged vasodilatation
  • Telangiectasia due to radiation damage
  • Telangiectasia due to venous hypertension
  • Telangiectasia following surgery
  • Telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans
  • Telangiectasia of face
  • Telangiectasia of nailfolds
  • Unilateral nevoid telangiectasia syndrome
448.9 Excludes
  • capillary fragility (hereditary) (287.8)
Applies To
  • Capillary:
    • hemorrhage
    • hyperpermeability
    • thrombosis
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 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
  • 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
  • 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
    • hemorrhagic, hereditary (congenital) (senile) 448.0
    • hereditary hemorrhagic 448.0
  • Thrombosis, thrombotic (marantic) (multiple) (progressive) (vein) (vessel) 453.9
    • capillary 448.9
      • arteriolar, generalized 446.6
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