BB20.0

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Infectious pericarditis

Description

A disease of the pericardium, caused by a secondary infection with a bacterial, viral, or fungal source. This disease is characterised by fever, odynophagia, cough, fatigue, or chest pain. Confirmation is by identification of the bacterial, viral, or fungal agent in a blood sample.

Index terms

  • Infectious pericarditis
  • Pyopericarditis
  • acute purulent pericarditis
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  • acute suppurative pericarditis
  • fibrinopurulent pericarditis
  • infective pericarditis NOS
  • pericardial abscess
  • pericardium abscess
  • purulent pericarditis
  • pyopericardium
  • septic pericarditis
  • suppurative pericarditis
  • Bacterial pericarditis
  • acute bacterial pericarditis
  • subacute bacterial pericarditis
  • Pneumococcal pericarditis
  • pneumopyopericardium
  • pyopneumopericardium
  • Viral pericarditis
  • Aspergillus pericarditis

Inclusions

  • Pyopericarditis

Exclusions from above levels

  • 1B41.0 – Acute rheumatic pericarditis
  • 01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  • 05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
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  • 18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
  • 19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  • 20 – Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • 22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Sibling codes

  • BB20.1 – Neoplastic pericarditis
  • BB20.2 – Myopericarditis
  • BB20.Y – Other specified acute pericarditis
  • BB20.Z – Acute pericarditis, unspecified

Foundation entity

Infectious pericarditis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2051676830

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: BB20: Acute pericarditis › 11: Diseases of the circulatory system