Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.
Applicable to
Any condition in I00 with other or multiple types of heart involvement
Acute rheumatic pancarditis
Applies from I01 Rheumatic fever with heart involvement
Excludes1 (never code together)
chronic diseases of rheumatic origin (I05-I09) unless rheumatic fever is also present or there is evidence of reactivation or activity of the rheumatic process.
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 314-316 in MDC 05.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
391.8 Other acute rheumatic heart disease
Code annotations containing back-references to I01.8
Back-references to I01.8
Type 1 Excludes: I00 Rheumatic fever without heart involvement ("rheumatic fever with heart involvement (I01.0 -I01.9)")
Back-references to I01
Type 2 Excludes: I51 Complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease ("heart disease specified as rheumatic (I00-I09)")
Diagnosis Index entries for I01.8
Arteritis › coronary (artery) › rheumatic
Disease, diseased › heart (organic) › with › rheumatic fever (conditions in I00) › active › specified NEC
Failure, failed › heart (acute) (senile) (sudden) › congestive › with rheumatic fever (conditions in I00) › active
Failure, failed › heart (acute) (senile) (sudden) › congestive › rheumatic (chronic) (inactive) (with chorea) › active or acute
Failure, failed › ventricular › left › with rheumatic fever (conditions in I00) › active
Failure, failed › ventricular › left › rheumatic (chronic) (inactive) (with chorea) › active or acute
Hypertrophy, hypertrophic › cardiac (chronic) (idiopathic) › with rheumatic fever (conditions in I00) › active
Hypertrophy, hypertrophic › cardiac (chronic) (idiopathic) › rheumatic (with chorea) › active or acute
Pancarditis (acute) (chronic) › rheumatic › active or acute