Catalog

Rupture of papillary muscle, not elsewhere classified

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Rupture of papillary muscle, not elsewhere classified – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1917012036

This is a rupture of the muscles located in the ventricles of the heart, that attach to the cusps of the atrioventricular valves (a.k.a. the mitral and tricuspid valves) via the chordae tendinae and contract to prevent inversion or prolapse of these valves, not elsewhere classified.