2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Circulatory System 390-459 > Acute Rheumatic Fever 390-392 > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 390
Rheumatic fever without heart involvementView the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 390 - A febrile disease occurring as a delayed sequela of infections with group A hemolytic streptococci and characterized by multiple focal inflammatory lesions of the connective tissue structures, especially of the heart, blood vessels, and joints (polyarthritis), and by the presence of Aschoff bodies in the myocardium and skin.
- 390 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 390 contains 1 index entry
Alternate Terminology- Arthritis, rheumatic, acute or subacute
- Rheumatic fever (active) (acute)
- Rheumatism, articular, acute or subacute
390 Excludes
Index entries containing 390:
- Fever 780.6
- rheumatic (active) (acute) (chronic) (subacute)
390- with heart involvement 391.9
- inactive or quiescent with
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