Diagnosis Code: 398.91

Short Description: Rheumatic heart failure

Long Description: Rheumatic heart failure (congestive)

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the circulatory system (390–459)
  • Chronic rheumatic heart disease (393-398)
    • 398 Other rheumatic heart disease
      • 398.91 Rheumatic heart failure

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 398.91 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Failure, failed
  • heart (acute) (sudden) 428.9
    • congestive (compensated) (decompensated) (see also Failure, heart) 428.0
      • with rheumatic fever (conditions classifiable to 390)
        • inactive or quiescent (with chorea) 398.91
      • rheumatic (chronic) (inactive) (with chorea) 398.91
        • active or acute 391.8
          • with chorea (Sydenham's) 392.0
    • rheumatic (chronic) (congestive) (inactive) 398.91
  • ventricular (see also Failure, heart) 428.9
    • left 428.1
      • with rheumatic fever (conditions classifiable to 390)
        • inactive or quiescent (with chorea) 398.91
      • rheumatic (chronic) (inactive) (with chorea) 398.91
        • active or acute 391.8
          • with chorea 392.0

• Fever 780.60
  • rheumatic (active) (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 390
    • inactive or quiescent with
      • heart conditions (classifiable to 429.3, 429.6, 429.9) 398.99
        • failure (congestive) (conditions classifiable to 428.0, 428.9) 398.91
      • left ventricular failure (conditions classifiable to 428.1) 398.91

• Rheumatism, rheumatic (acute NEC) 729.0
  • heart
    • failure (chronic) (congestive) (inactive) 398.91

Crosswalk Information

The code 398.91 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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