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Clinical Information

• A pulmonary embolism is a sudden blockage in a lung artery. The cause is usually a blood clot in the leg called a deep vein thrombosis that breaks loose and travels through the bloodstream to the lung. Pulmonary embolism is a serious condition that can cause

• Blocking of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by an embolus.

• The closure of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by an embolus, sometimes associated with infarction of the lung.

• The obstruction of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by an embolus, sometimes associated with infarction of the lung.

Details

• personal history of pulmonary embolism (Z86.711)

• I26.0

  Pulmonary embolism with acute cor pulmonale

• I26.01

  Septic pulmonary embolism with acute cor pulmonale

• I26.02

  Saddle embolus of pulmonary artery with acute cor pulmonale

• I26.09

  Other pulmonary embolism with acute cor pulmonale

• I26.9

  Pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale

• I26.90

  Septic pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale

• I26.92

  Saddle embolus of pulmonary artery without acute cor pulmonale

• I26.93

  Single subsegmental pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale

• I26.94

  Multiple subsegmental pulmonary emboli without acute cor pulmonale

• I26.99

  Other pulmonary embolism without acute cor pulmonale