Rheumatic myocarditis

Description

Rheumatic myocarditis is cardiac inflammation and scarring triggered by an autoimmune reaction to group A streptococci infection resulting acutely in pancarditis involving inflammation of the myocardium, endocardium, and epicardium and chronically by valve fibrosis.

Index terms

Rheumatic myocarditis
dilated cardiomyopathy due to rheumatic fever
inactive or quiescent rheumatic fever with myocarditis

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inactive rheumatic myocarditis
myocardial degeneration with rheumatic fever
myocardial insufficiency with rheumatic fever
myocarditis due to rheumatic fever
rheumatic cardiomyopathy
rheumatic fibroid myocarditis
rheumatic interstitial myocarditis
rheumatic myocardial insufficiency
rheumatic progressive myocarditis

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
BC42.1 – Infectious myocarditis
BC42.2 – Hypersensitivity myocarditis
BC42.Y – Other specific myocarditis
BC42.Z – Myocarditis, unspecified

Foundation entity

Rheumatic myocarditis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1177212968

Allowed postcoordination axes

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