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Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 391.2
Acute rheumatic myocarditis
  • Short description: Ac rheumatic myocarditis.
  • ICD-9-CM 391.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 391.2 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 2013 version of ICD-9-CM 391.2.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 391.2: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 391.2 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I01.2 Acute rheumatic myocarditis
Applies To
  • Rheumatic fever (active) (acute) with myocarditis
  • Any condition classifiable to 390 with myocarditis
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 391.2:
  • 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
      • amyloid 277.39[425.7]
      • congenital 746.89
      • fetus or newborn 779.89
      • gouty 274.82
      • hypertensive (see also Hypertension, heart) 402.90
      • ischemic 414.8
      • rheumatic (see also Degeneration, myocardium, with rheumatic fever) 398.0
      • syphilitic 093.82
  • Fever 780.60
    • rheumatic (active) (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 390
  • Insufficiency, insufficient
    • myocardial, myocardium (with arteriosclerosis) 428.0
      • with rheumatic fever (conditions classifiable to 390)
        • active, acute, or subacute 391.2
        • inactive or quiescent (with chorea) 398.0
      • congenital 746.89
      • due to presence of (cardiac) prosthesis 429.4
      • fetus or newborn 779.89
      • following cardiac surgery 429.4
      • hypertensive (see also Hypertension, heart) 402.91
      • postoperative 997.1
        • long-term effect of cardiac surgery 429.4
      • rheumatic 398.0
        • active, acute, or subacute 391.2
          • with chorea (Sydenham's) 392.0
      • syphilitic 093.82
  • 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
    • active (nonrheumatic) 422.90
      • rheumatic 391.2
        • with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0
    • acute or subacute (interstitial) 422.90
      • due to Streptococcus (beta-hemolytic) 391.2
      • idiopathic 422.91
      • rheumatic 391.2
        • with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0
      • specified type NEC 422.99
    • rheumatic (chronic) (inactive) (with chorea) 398.0
      • active or acute 391.2
        • with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0
    • toxic 422.93
      • rheumatic (see also Myocarditis, acute rheumatic) 391.2
  • Rheumatism, rheumatic (acute NEC) 729.0
    • myocarditis (chronic) (inactive) (with chorea) 398.0
      • active or acute 391.2
        • with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0
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