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ICD-10-CM Code for Primary pulmonary hypertension I27.0

ICD-10 code I27.0 for Primary pulmonary hypertension is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the circulatory system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Primary pulmonary hypertension
Heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Primary group 1 pulmonary hypertension
Primary pulmonary arterial hypertension
Excludes1: persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborn (P29.30)
pulmonary hypertension NOS (I27.20)
secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension (I27.21)
secondary pulmonary hypertension (I27.29)

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