429.0 MYOCARDITIS NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 429.0

Short Description: Myocarditis NOS

Long Description: Myocarditis, unspecified

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the circulatory system (390–459)
    • Other forms of heart disease (420-429)
      • 429 Ill-defined descriptions and complications of heart disease
        • 429.0 Myocarditis NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 429.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic (artery) (deformans) (diffuse) (disease) (endarteritis) (general) (obliterans) (obliterative) (occlusive) (senile) (with calcification) 440.9
    • myocarditis 429.0
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • heart (organic) 429.9
      • fibroid (see also Myocarditis) 429.0
      • senile (see also Myocarditis) 429.0
  • Fever 780.60
    • rheumatic (active) (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 390
      • inactive or quiescent with
        • myocarditis (conditions classifiable to 429.0) 398.0
  • Fibroid (tumor) (M8890/0) - see also Neoplasm, connective tissue, benign
    • heart (disease) (see also Myocarditis) 429.0
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic
    • cardiac (see also Myocarditis) 429.0
    • heart (see also Myocarditis) 429.0
    • myocardium, myocardial (see also Myocarditis) 429.0
  • Hypertension, hypertensive (arterial) (arteriolar) (crisis) (degeneration) (disease) (essential) (fluctuating) (idiopathic) (intermittent) (labile) (low renin) (orthostatic) (paroxysmal) (primary) (systemic) (uncontrolled) (vascular).......................................... 401.0......... 401.1......... 401.9
    • with
      • heart involvement (conditions classifiable to 429.0-429.3, 429.8, 429.9 due to hypertension) (see also Hypertension, heart).................................. 402.00....... 402.10....... 402.90
        • with kidney involvement � see Hypertension, cardiorenal
    • heart (disease) (conditions classifiable to 429.0-429.3, 429.8, 429.9 due to hypertension)........... 402.00....... 402.10....... 402.90
      • with
        • heart failure............................................................. 402.01....... 402.11....... 402.91
        • hypertensive kidney disease (conditions classifiable to 403) (see also Hypertension, cardiorenal)....... 404.00....... 404.10....... 404.90
        • renal sclerosis (see also Hypertension, cardiorenal).. 404.00....... 404.10....... 404.90
    • kidney. 403.00.................................................................... 403.10....... 403.90
      • with
        • heart involvement (conditions classifiable to� 429.0-429.3, 429.8, 429.9 due to hypertension) (see also Hypertension, cardiorenal)................... 404.00....... 404.10....... 404.90
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
    • myocardium (see also Myocarditis) 429.0
  • 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
    • active (nonrheumatic) 422.90
      • rheumatic 391.2
        • with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0
    • acute or subacute (interstitial) 422.90
      • due to Streptococcus (beta-hemolytic) 391.2
      • idiopathic 422.91
      • rheumatic 391.2
        • with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0
      • specified type NEC 422.99
    • aseptic of newborn 074.23
    • bacterial (acute) 422.92
    • chagasic 086.0
    • chronic (interstitial) 429.0
    • congenital 746.89
    • constrictive 425.4
    • Coxsackie (virus) 074.23
    • diphtheritic 032.82
    • due to or in
      • Coxsackie (virus) 074.23
      • diphtheria 032.82
      • epidemic louse-borne typhus 080 [422.0]
      • influenza (see also Influenza) 487.8 [422.0]
      • Lyme disease 088.81 [422.0]
      • scarlet fever 034.1 [422.0]
      • toxoplasmosis (acquired) 130.3
      • tuberculosis (see also Tuberculosis) 017.9 [422.0]
      • typhoid 002.0 [422.0]
      • typhus NEC 081.9 [422.0]
    • eosinophilic 422.91
    • epidemic of newborn 074.23
    • Fiedler's (acute) (isolated) (subacute) 422.91
    • giant cell (acute) (subacute) 422.91
    • gonococcal 098.85
    • granulomatous (idiopathic) (isolated) (nonspecific) 422.91
    • hypertensive (see also Hypertension, heart) 402.90
    • idiopathic 422.91
      • granulomatous 422.91
    • infective 422.92
    • influenzal (see also Influenza) 487.8 [422.0]
    • isolated (diffuse) (granulomatous) 422.91
    • malignant 422.99
    • meningococcal 036.43
    • nonrheumatic, active 422.90
    • parenchymatous 422.90
    • pneumococcal (acute) (subacute) 422.92
    • rheumatic (chronic) (inactive) (with chorea) 398.0
      • active or acute 391.2
        • with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0
    • septic 422.92
    • specific (giant cell) (productive) 422.91
    • staphylococcal (acute) (subacute) 422.92
    • suppurative 422.92
    • syphilitic (chronic) 093.82
    • toxic 422.93
      • rheumatic (see also Myocarditis, acute rheumatic) 391.2
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.9 [422.0]
    • typhoid 002.0 [422.0]
    • valvular - see Endocarditis
    • viral, except Coxsackie 422.91
      • Coxsackie 074.23
      • of newborn (Coxsackie) 074.23
  • Myofibrosis 728.2
    • heart (see also Myocarditis) 429.0
  • Scarlatina 034.1
    • myocarditis, acute 034.1 [422.0]
      • old (see also Myocarditis) 429.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 429.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
429.0 Right Arrow I51.4 Myocarditis, 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
429.1 Myocardial degeneration
429.2 Cardiovascular disease, unspecified
429.3 Cardiomegaly
429.4 Functional disturbances following cardiac surgery
429.5 Rupture of chordae tendineae
429.6 Rupture of papillary muscle
429.71 Acquired cardiac septal defect
429.79 Certain sequelae of myocardial infarction, not elsewhere classified, other
429.81 Other disorders of papillary muscle
429.82 Hyperkinetic heart disease
429.83 Takotsubo syndrome
429.89 Other ill-defined heart diseases
429.9 Heart disease, unspecified


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