BC42.1

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Infectious myocarditis

Description

Infectious myocarditis (infectious inflammatory cardiomyopathy) is inflammation of the heart muscle generally in the presence of a dilated cardiomyopathy that results from exposure to discrete infectious external antigens such as a virus, bacteria or parasite.

Index terms

  • Infectious myocarditis
  • infection myocarditis
  • infectious inflammatory cardiomyopathy
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  • infectious inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy
  • Bacterial myocarditis
  • bacterial fibroid myocarditis
  • bacterial inflammatory cardiomyopathy
  • bacterial interstitial myocarditis
  • bacterial old myocarditis
  • myocarditis due to infectious agent
  • Acute bacterial myocarditis
  • Chronic bacterial myocarditis
  • Fungal myocarditis
  • fungal inflammatory cardiomyopathy
  • Aspergillus myocarditis
  • Aspergillus inflammatory cardiomyopathy
  • Parasitic myocarditis
  • parasitic dilated-hypokinetic cardiomyopathy
  • parasitic inflammatory cardiomyopathy
  • Helminthic myocarditis
  • helminthic inflammatory cardiomyopathy
  • Protozoal myocarditis
  • protozoal dilated-hypokinetic cardiomyopathy
  • protozoal inflammatory cardiomyopathy
  • Rickettsial myocarditis
  • rickettsial dilated-hypokinetic cardiomyopathy
  • rickettsial inflammatory cardiomyopathy
  • Spirochaetal myocarditis
  • spirochetal dilated-hypokinetic cardiomyopathy
  • spirochetal inflammatory cardiomyopathy
  • Viral myocarditis
  • viral dilated-hypokinetic cardiomyopathy
  • viral inflammatory cardiomyopathy
  • Septic myocarditis
  • Myocardial abscess
  • heart abscess NOS

Excludes

  • 1B41.2 – Acute rheumatic myocarditis
  • BB40 – Acute or subacute infectious endocarditis
  • BB41 – Myoendocarditis

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

  • BC42.0 – Giant cell myocarditis
  • BC42.2 – Hypersensitivity myocarditis
  • BC42.3 – Rheumatic myocarditis
  • BC42.Y – Other specific myocarditis
  • BC42.Z – Myocarditis, unspecified

Foundation entity

Infectious myocarditis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/654702340

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: BC42: Myocarditis › 11: Diseases of the circulatory system