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Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 424.91
Endocarditis in diseases classified elsewhere
  • Short description: Endocarditis in oth dis.
  • ICD-9-CM 424.91 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 424.91 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 424.91.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 424.91: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 424.91 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I39 Endocarditis and heart valve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
Approximate Synonyms
  • Endocarditis associated with another disorder
  • Endocarditis due to systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Endocarditis in sle
  • Endocarditis in sle (systemic lupus erythematosus)
  • Listerial endocarditis
  • Nonbacterial verrucal endocardiosis
  • Q fever endocarditis
  • SLE w endocarditis
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) with endocarditis
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus with endocarditis
  • Tuberculosis of endocardium
424.91 Excludes
Code First
  • Code first underlying disease, as:
    • atypical verrucous endocarditis [Libman-Sacks] (710.0)
    • disseminated lupus erythematosus (710.0)
    • tuberculosis (017.9)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 424.91:
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Libman-Sacks (verrucous endocarditis) 710.0 [424.91]
  • Endocarditis (chronic) (indeterminate) (interstitial) (marantic) (nonbacterial thrombotic) (residual) (sclerotic) (sclerous) (senile) (valvular) 424.90
    • atypical verrucous (Libman-Sacks) 710.0 [424.91]
    • Libman-Sacks 710.0 [424.91]
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.9 [424.91]
    • verrucous (acute) (any valve) (chronic) (subacute) NEC 710.0 [424.91]
      • nonbacterial 710.0 [424.91]
      • nonrheumatic 710.0 [424.91]
  • Libman-Sacks disease or syndrome 710.0 [424.91]
  • Sacks-Libman disease 710.0 [424.91]
  • 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
    • endocarditis (any valve) 017.9 [424.91]
    • endocardium (any valve) 017.9 [424.91]
  • Verrucous endocarditis (acute) (any valve) (chronic) (subacute) 710.0 [424.91]
    • nonbacterial 710.0 [424.91]
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