AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1988 Third Quarter

Acute Pulmonary Edema

Pulmonary edema refers to a pathologic state in which there is excessive, diffuse accumulation of fluid in the tissues and alveolar spaces of the lung. Pulmonary edema is broadly divided into cardiac and noncardiac origin. Pulmonary edema, acute of cardiac originPulmonary edema, acute of noncardiac originChronic pulmonary edema - guidelines Acute Pulmonary Edema of Cardiac Origin Acute pulmonary edema of cardiac origin is a manifestation of heart failure, category 428.0-428.1, and, as such, is included in the following code assignments: Left ventricular failure, 428.1 Congestive heart failure, 428.0 Right heart failure secondary to left heart...

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