Rheumatic fever without heart involvement (I00)
Clinical Information
Rheumatic Fever - A febrile disease occurring as a delayed sequela of infections with STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES. It is characterized by multiple focal inflammatory lesions of the connective tissue structures, such as the heart, blood vessels, and joints (POLYARTHRITIS) and brain, and by the presence of ASCHOFF BODIES in the myocardium and skin.
Instructional Notations
Includes
This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category.
- arthritis, rheumatic, acute or subacute
Type 1 Excludes
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99)
Acute rheumatic fever (I00-I02)
- I00 Rheumatic fever without heart involvement
Rheumatic fever without heart involvement (I00)