BB21

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Chronic rheumatic pericarditis

Description

Inflammation of the pericardium and of the surrounding mediastinal cellular tissue resulted from rheumatic etiology.

Index terms

  • Chronic rheumatic pericarditis
  • chronic rheumatic mediastinopericarditis
  • chronic rheumatic myopericarditis
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  • inactive or quiescent rheumatic fever in pericarditis
  • pericarditis with inactive or quiescent rheumatic fever
  • Rheumatic adherent pericarditis
  • rheumatic adherent pericardium
  • rheumatic cardiac adhesion
  • rheumatic heart adhesion
  • rheumatic pericardial adhesions
  • rheumatic pericardium adhesion

Exclusions from above levels

  • 01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  • 05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
  • 18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
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  • 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 – Acute pericarditis
  • BB22 – Constrictive pericarditis
  • BB23 – Cardiac tamponade
  • BB24 – Haemopericardium
  • BB25 – Pericardial effusion
  • BB2Y – Other specified pericarditis
  • BB2Z – Pericarditis, unspecified

Foundation entity

Chronic rheumatic pericarditis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1473004877

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 11: Diseases of the circulatory system