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ICD-10-CM Code for Tortuous aortic arch Q25.46

ICD-10 code Q25.46 for Tortuous aortic arch is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities .

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Tortuous aortic arch
Persistent convolutions of aortic arch

Q25.4

Excludes1: hypoplasia of aorta in hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Q23.4)

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