OTHER FORMS OF HEART DISEASE (420-429)
420 Acute pericarditis
Includes:
acute:
mediastinopericarditis
myopericarditis
pericardial effusion
pleuropericarditis
pneumopericarditis
Excludes:
acute rheumatic pericarditis (391.0)
postmyocardial infarction syndrome [Dressler's] (411.0)
420.0: Acute pericarditis in diseases classified elsewhere
Code first underlying disease, as:
actinomycosis (039.8)
amebiasis (006.8)
chronic uremia (585.9)
nocardiosis (039.8)
tuberculosis (017.9)
uremia NOS (586)
Excludes:
pericarditis (acute) (in):
Coxsackie (virus) (074.21)
gonococcal (098.83)
histoplasmosis (115.0-115.9 with fifth-digit 3)
meningococcal infection (036.41)
syphilitic (093.81)
420.9: Other and unspecified acute pericarditis

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