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1 Cardiovascular Syndromes

2 Cardiac dysrhythmias Include: 426, 427, 785.0, 7850 Include: a flutter, arrhythmia, atrial flutter, atrioventricular + block, atrioventricular excitation, av block, bundle branch + block, cardiac + arrest, conduction disorder, dysrhythmia, dysthymia, electromechanical dissociation, fibrillation + atrial, heart + block, lbbb, left bundle branch block, Left bundle branch hemiblock, left hemiblock, premature + contraction, premature beat, premature heart beat, premature ventricular contractio, pvc, rbbb, right bundle branch block, sick sinus, sinoatrial node dysfunction, stokes adams syndrome, tachycard, trigeminy, v fib, ventricular fibrillation, ventricular flutter, wolff parkinson white syndrome, wpw Include: a fib, afib, aritmias, arrhythmia, arrthymias, atrial fibrillation, corazon acelerado, corazon rapido, fibrilacion, fibrillation, heart beat, heart rate, irreg hb, palpitaciones, palpitation, pulso lento, rapid heart, tachycardia, taquicardia

3 Cerebrovascular disease Include: 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438 Include: (occlusion / stenosis ) + basilar artery, (occlusion / stenosis ) + carotid, amnesia, arteriosclerosis + basilar, arteriosclerosis + cerebral, basilar artery syndrome, carotid artery occlusion, cerebral + embolism, cerebral aneurysm, cerebral artery occlusion, cerebral ischemia, cerebrovascular + accident, cerebrovascular disease, cerebrovascular insufficiency, cva, dysphasia, hemorrhage + brain, hemorrhage + intracranial, hemorrhage + subarachnoid, hemorrhage + subdural, hypertensive encephalopathy, insufficiency + basilar artery, insufficiency + carotid artery, insufficiency + cerebral, insufficiency + cerebrovascular, insufficiency + vertebral artery, Intracerebral hemorrhage, stroke, tia, transient ischemia attack, transient ischemic attack, vertebral artery syndrome Include: avm, basal ganglia bleed, basilar infarct, brain hemmorage, c v a, cerbral hemmorrhage, cerebral bleed, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral sinus clot, cerebral vascular accident, cva, embolic shake, intercerebral hemorrhage, intercranial bleed, parietal bleed, parietal infarct, stroke heat, subarachnoid bleed, t ia, temporal bleed, thalamic bleed, thalmic bleed, tia, transient ischemic attack

4 Chest pain Include: 786.5, 7865 Include: ch pain, chest + pain, chest discomfort, chest pain, chest pressure, chest soreness, chest tightness, chest wall pain, painful respiration, pleuritic pain, pleurodynia, precordial + pain, pressure in chest, soreness in chest, thoracic + pain, thorax + pain, tightness in chest Include: chest cong, chest hurt, chest pai, chest sore, chest tight, chestpain, heart burn, heart hurt, pain in rib, rib pain, angina, burning in chest, c p, ch pain, chest apin, chest burning, chest conjestion, chest discomfort, chest feels heavy, chest heaviness, chest heavy, chest pn, chest pressure, chest px, chest wall pain, congestion chest, costochondritis, cp, heart pain, heartburn, heaviness in chest, heavy chest, hest pain, hurts to breath, hurts to breathe, lung pain, lungs hurt, mi, pain chest, pain in chest, pain in heart, pain to chest, pain with inhale, painful breathing, pains in chest, pressure in chest, rib area pain, rib cage pain, rib pn, ribs hurt, sore chest, sternum pain, thoracic pain, tight chest, tightness in chest, tightness of chest

5 Coagulation defects Include: 286 Include: anticoagulant disorder, clotting, coagulation defect, coagulation deficiency, coagulation factor deficiency, coagulopathy, factor viii disorder, hemophilia, hemorrhagic disorder, hemostasis, hemostatic, platelet, prolonged bleeding time, prolonged partial thromboplastin, prolonged prothrombin time, prolonged pt, prolonged ptt, thrombocytopeni, thrombopenia Include: coagulation, coagulopathy, cuagulacion, cuagulacion, plaquetas, platelet

6 Heart disease, ischemic Include: 410, 411, 412, 413, 414 Include: aneurysm of heart, angina, anginal, arteriosclerosis + heart, arteriosclerotic heart disease, atherosclerotic heart disease, cad, cardiac infarction, coronary arteriosclerosis, coronary arteritis, coronary artery, coronary atheroma, coronary atherosclerosis, coronary embolism, coronary insufficiency, coronary occlusion, coronary rupture, coronary sclerosis, coronary stricture, coronary syndrome, coronary thrombosis, dissection of coronary artery, heart aneurysm, heart attack, heart disease, infarction of heart, infarction of myocardium, infarction of ventricle, insufficiency + coronary, ischemia + myocardial, ischemic heart disease, mi, mural aneurysm, myocardial + infarct, myocardial ischemia, nstemi, postmyocardial infarction syndrome, prinzmetal angina, rupture of heart, rupture of myocardium, rupture of ventricle, st elevation, stemi, subendocardial infarction, subendocardial ishemia, unstable angina, ventricular aneurysm Include: acute coronary syndrome, cabg, cad, chf, congestive heart failure

7 Hypertension Include: 401, 405 Include: high blood pressure, htn, hypertens Include: 401, (b p) + (high/elevated), (blood pressure) + (high/elevated), (blood presure) + (high/elevated), alta precion, alta presion, bp + (high/elevated), hbp, hipertension, htn, hyperten

8 Hypotension Include: 458 Include: hypotension, low blood pressure Include: dc bp, hipotension, hypotension, hypotensive, hypotention, lbp, orthoshatic, orthostasis, orthostatic

9 Purpura and petechia Include: 287, 782.7, 7827 Include: bruising, ecchymos, petechia, purpura, purpuric Include: bleed + rash, ecchymos, ecchymosis, hemorrhagic + rash, petechia, petechiae, petichiae, purprua, purpura, purpuric, rash con sangre

10 Shock Include: 785.5, 7855 Include: circul + collapse, circul + failure, shock, vascular + collapse, vascular + failure, vascular + shutdown Exclude: electric, therapy, wave Include: choque, shock Exclude: electr, theraphy, wave

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