Cor pulmonale

Description

Cor pulmonale refers to the altered structure and/or impaired function of the right ventricle that results from pulmonary hypertension associated with diseases of the lung, upper airway, or chest wall.

Index terms

Cor pulmonale

Exclusions from above levels

01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

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19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
20 – Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Sibling codes

BB01.0 – Pulmonary arterial hypertension
BB01.1 – Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease
BB01.2 – Pulmonary hypertension due to lung disease or hypoxia
BB01.3 – Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
BB01.4 – Pulmonary hypertension with multifactorial mechanism
BB01.Z – Pulmonary hypertension, unspecified

Foundation entity

Cor pulmonale – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/738218522

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: BB01: Pulmonary hypertension › 11: Diseases of the circulatory system