Diagnosis Code: 398.0

Short Description: Rheumatic myocarditis

Long Description: Rheumatic myocarditis

Code Classification:

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

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 398.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Aschoff's bodies (see also Myocarditis, rheumatic) 398.0

• Body, bodies
  • Aschoff (see also Myocarditis, rheumatic) 398.0

• Degeneration, degenerative
  • myocardium, myocardial (brown) (calcareous) (fatty) (fibrous) (hyaline) (mural) (muscular) (pigmentary) (senile) (with arteriosclerosis) 429.1
    • with rheumatic fever (conditions classifiable to 390) 398.0
      • active, acute, or subacute 391.2
        • with chorea 392.0
      • inactive or quiescent (with chorea) 398.0
    • rheumatic (see also Degeneration, myocardium, with rheumatic fever) 398.0

• Fever 780.60
  • rheumatic (active) (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 390
    • inactive or quiescent with
      • myocardial degeneration (conditions classifiable to 429.1) 398.0
      • myocarditis (conditions classifiable to 429.0) 398.0

• Insufficiency, insufficient
  • myocardial, myocardium (with arteriosclerosis) 428.0
    • with rheumatic fever (conditions classifiable to 390)
      • inactive or quiescent (with chorea) 398.0
    • rheumatic 398.0
      • active, acute, or subacute 391.2
        • with chorea (Sydenham's) 392.0

• Myocarditis (fibroid) (interstitial) (old) (progressive) (senile) (with arteriosclerosis) 429.0
  • with
    • rheumatic fever (conditions classifiable to 390) 398.0
      • active (see also Myocarditis, acute, rheumatic) 391.2
      • inactive or quiescent (with chorea) 398.0
  • rheumatic (chronic) (inactive) (with chorea) 398.0
    • active or acute 391.2
      • with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0

• Rheumatism, rheumatic (acute NEC) 729.0
  • degeneration, myocardium (see also Degeneration, myocardium, with rheumatic fever) 398.0
  • myocardial degeneration (see also Degeneration, myocardium, with rheumatic fever) 398.0
  • myocarditis (chronic) (inactive) (with chorea) 398.0
    • active or acute 391.2
      • with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 398.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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