
2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 421.9
Acute endocarditis, unspecified
- 2014
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- Short description: Ac/subac endocardit NOS.
- ICD-9-CM 421.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 421.9 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
- You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 421.9.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 421.9: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
421.9 converts directly to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM I33.9 Acute and subacute endocarditis, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
- Acute endocarditis
- Acute endocarditis (infection of heart valve)
- Acute nonbacterial endocarditis
- Endocarditis (infection of heart valve), subacute
- Endocarditis, acute
- Endocarditis, nonbacterial, acute
- Endocarditis, subacute
- Subacute endocarditis
- Subacute endocarditis (infection of heart valve)
421.9 Excludes

- acute rheumatic endocarditis (391.1
)
Applies To
- Endocarditis, acute or subacute
- Myoendocarditis, acute or subacute
- Periendocarditis, acute or subacute
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
421.9:
- Endocarditis (chronic) (indeterminate) (interstitial) (marantic) (nonbacterial thrombotic) (residual) (sclerotic) (sclerous) (senile) (valvular) 424.90

acute or subacute 421.9
rheumatic (aortic) (mitral) (pulmonary) (tricuspid) 391.1


with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0
aortic (heart) (nonrheumatic) (valve) 424.1

with

mitral (valve) disease 396.9



active or acute 391.1




with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0




bacterial 421.0


rheumatic fever (conditions classifiable to 390
)


active - see Endocarditis, acute, rheumatic


inactive or quiescent (with chorea) 395.9




with mitral disease 396.9

acute or subacute 421.9
arteriosclerotic 424.1

congenital 746.89

hypertensive 424.1

rheumatic (chronic) (inactive) 395.9


with mitral (valve) disease 396.9



active or acute 391.1




with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0


active or acute 391.1



with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0

specified cause, except rheumatic 424.1

syphilitic 093.22
mitral (chronic) (double) (fibroid) (heart) (inactive) (valve) (with chorea) 394.9

with

aortic (valve) disease 396.9



active or acute 391.1




with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0


rheumatic fever (conditions classifiable to 390
)


active - see Endocarditis, acute, rheumatic


inactive or quiescent (with chorea) 394.9




with aortic valve disease 396.9

active or acute 391.1


with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0


bacterial 421.0

arteriosclerotic 424.0

congenital 746.89

hypertensive 424.0

nonrheumatic 424.0

syphilitic 093.21
pulmonary (chronic) (heart) (valve) 424.3

with

rheumatic fever (conditions classifiable to 390
)


active - see Endocarditis, acute, rheumatic


inactive or quiescent (with chorea) 397.1

acute or subacute 421.9

rheumatic 391.1



with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0

arteriosclerotic or due to arteriosclerosis 424.3

congenital 746.09

hypertensive or due to hypertension (benign) 424.3

rheumatic (chronic) (inactive) (with chorea) 397.1


active or acute 391.1



with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0

syphilitic 093.24
toxic (see also Endocarditis, acute) 421.9
tricuspid (chronic) (heart) (inactive) (rheumatic) (valve) (with chorea) 397.0

with

rheumatic fever (conditions classifiable to 390
)


active - see Endocarditis, acute, rheumatic


inactive or quiescent (with chorea) 397.0

active or acute 391.1


with chorea (acute) (rheumatic) (Sydenham's) 392.0

arteriosclerotic 424.2

congenital 746.89

hypertensive 424.2

nonrheumatic 424.2

specified cause, except rheumatic 424.2

syphilitic 093.23
- Myoendocarditis - see also Endocarditis
acute or subacute 421.9
- Periendocarditis (see also Endocarditis) 424.90

acute or subacute 421.9