Catalog

Acute nonspecific idiopathic pericarditis

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Acute nonspecific idiopathic pericarditis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/520214280

The term idiopathic pericarditis is used to denote pericarditis for which no specific etiology can be found with routine diagnostic testing. Most such cases are presumed to be viral in etiology.