exudative and proliferative inflammatory alterations of the endocardium, characterized by the presence of vegetations on the surface of the endocardium or in the endocardium itself, and most commonly involving a heart valve, but sometimes affecting the inner lining of the cardiac chambers or the endocardium elsewhere; may occur as a primary disorder or as a complication of or in association with another disease.
Inflammation of the endocardium.
Also applicable to/known as
Endocarditis (chronic):
NOS
nonbacterial thrombotic
Valvular:
incompetence of unspecified valve,unspecified cause
insufficiency of unspecified valve,unspecified cause
regurgitation of unspecified valve,unspecified cause
stenosis of unspecified valve,unspecified cause
Valvulitis (chronic)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 424.90