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2008 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.* >

2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 398.0

Rheumatic myocarditis

 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 Therefore, this code may be out of date.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 398.0 can be accessed here.

  • 398.0 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 398.0 contains 15 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 398.* hierarchy

398.0 also known as:

  • Rheumatic degeneration of myocardium

398.0 excludes:

  • myocarditis not specified as rheumatic (429.0)


Index entries containing 398.0:

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
      • inactive or quiescent (with chorea) 398.0
    • rheumatic (see also Degeneration, myocardium, with rheumatic fever) 398.0
Fever 780.6
  • 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