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2007 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Circulatory System 390-459 > Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease 393-398 > Other Rheumatic Heart Disease 398.* >

2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 398.90

Rheumatic heart disease unspecified

 On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date.

The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 398.90 can be accessed here.

  • The most important manifestation of and sequel to rheumatic fever, i.e., any cardiac involvement in rheumatic fever. (Dorland, 27th ed)
  • 398.90 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 398.90 contains 4 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 398.* hierarchy

398.90 also known as:

  • Rheumatic:
    • carditis
    • heart disease NOS

398.90 excludes:

  • carditis not specified as rheumatic (429.89)
  • heart disease NOS not specified as rheumatic (429.9)

Index entries containing 398.90:

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 780.6
  • 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