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420.90 - Acute Pericarditis, Unspecified


The ICD 9 Code for Acute pericarditis, unspecified is listed as 420.90.
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: 420.90
Long Description: Acute pericarditis, unspecified
Short Description: Acute pericarditis 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: I30.9 - Acute pericarditis, unspecified (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 420.90:
420.91 - Acute idiopathic pericarditis
420.99 - Other acute pericarditis