Secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension in HIV is classified by the ICD code 10 - I27.2-Other secondary pulmonary hypertension. the guidelines are affected because HIV is not specific but the ICD is for other pulmonary hypertension.
The diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in HIV-positive patients requires a high degree of clinical suspicion, as the signs and symptoms are not specific. Dyspnea is the main symptom in patients with PAH, however, in patients with HIV, an infectious cause, mainly of respiratory origin, must be excluded.
With this information, we can conclude that ICD 10 provides codes relating to the classification of diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal aspects, complaints, social circumstances.
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