Specific code 2009 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 422.0
Acute myocarditis in diseases classified elsewhere
  • Short description: AC MYOCARDIT IN OTH DIS.
  • ICD-9-CM 422.0 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 422.0 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 422.0.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 422.0: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 422.0 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I41 Myocarditis in diseases classified elsewhere
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acute myocarditis - influenzal
  • Acute myocarditis - tuberculous
  • Acute myocarditis associated with another disorder
  • Adenoviral myocarditis
  • Avian influenza w myocarditis
  • Dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to fungal myocarditis
  • Dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to metazoal myocarditis
  • H1N1 influenza w myocarditis
  • Influenza A w myocarditis
  • Influenza A with myocarditis
  • Influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus w acute myocarditis
  • Influenza w myocarditis
  • Influenza with myocarditis
  • Influenza, avian with myocarditis
  • Influenza, H1N1 with myocarditis
  • Mumps myocarditis
  • Myocarditis due to avian influenza
  • Myocarditis due to H1N1 influenza
  • Myocarditis due to influenza A
  • Myocarditis due to influenza virus
  • Myocarditis due to scarlet fever
  • Parasitic myocarditis
  • Tuberculosis of myocardium
422.0 Excludes
  • myocarditis (acute) (due to):
Code First
  • Code first underlying disease, as:
    • myocarditis (acute):
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 422.0:
  • Myocarditis (fibroid) (interstitial) (old) (progressive) (senile) (with arteriosclerosis) 429.0
    • due to or in
      • Coxsackie (virus) 074.23
      • diphtheria 032.82
      • epidemic louse-borne typhus 080 [422.0]
      • 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]
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.9 [422.0]
  • Scarlatina 034.1
    • myocarditis, acute 034.1 [422.0]
      • old (see also Myocarditis) 429.0
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (congenital) (degeneration) (disease) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (gangrene) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) 011.9
    • myocarditis 017.9 [422.0]
  • Typhoid (abortive) (ambulant) (any site) (fever) (hemorrhagic) (infection) (intermittent) (malignant) (rheumatic) 002.0
    • myocarditis 002.0 [422.0]
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