Rheumatic heart disease, chronic
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Rheumatic heart disease, chronic |
ICD10 code: | I09 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | Congestive heart failure |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | 2019-0: Cardiovascular NOS, 2019-0: CV NOS, 2019-0: Chronic Cardiac Disease |
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Additional Info
incl valvular, myocardial, pericardial
- Rheumatic heart disease is a complication of rheumatic fever in which the heart valves are damaged. Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that begins with strep throat. It can affect connective tissue throughout the body, especially in the heart, joints, brain and skin.
- The disease usually affects the mitral valve and can also cause myocarditis which can present as congestive heart failure and pericarditis.
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