421.9 - Acute Endocarditis, Unspecified
The ICD 9 Code for Acute endocarditis, unspecified is listed as 421.9.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 421.9 |
| Long Description: | Acute endocarditis, unspecified |
| Short Description: | Ac/subac endocardit NOS |
| Chapter: | Diseases Of The Circulatory System |
| Block: | Other Forms Of Heart Disease (420-429) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | I33.9 - Acute and subacute endocarditis, unspecified |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 421.9: | |
| 421.0 - Acute and subacute bacterial endocarditis | |
| 421.1 - Acute and subacute infective endocarditis in diseases classified elsewhere | |