398.90 RHEUMATIC HEART DIS NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 398.90

Short Description: Rheumatic heart dis NOS

Long Description: Rheumatic heart disease, unspecified

Code Classification:

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

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 398.90 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • heart (organic) 429.9
      • with
        • acute pulmonary edema (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
          • rheumatic fever (conditions classifiable to 390)
            • inactive or quiescent (with chorea) 398.90
      • rheumatic (chronic) (inactive) (old) (quiescent) (with chorea) 398.90
        • active or acute 391.9
          • with chorea (active) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0
          • specified type NEC 391.8
        • maternal, affecting fetus or newborn 760.3
  • Fever 780.60
    • rheumatic (active) (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 390
      • inactive or quiescent with
        • carditis 398.90
  • Rheumatism, rheumatic (acute NEC) 729.0
    • heart
      • disease (see also Disease, heart, rheumatic) 398.90

Crosswalk Information

The code 398.90 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
398.90 Right Arrow I09.9 Rheumatic heart disease, unspecified
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
398.0 Rheumatic myocarditis
398.91 Rheumatic heart failure (congestive)
398.99 Other rheumatic heart diseases


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