A39.5†† Dagger (etiology)
Meningococcal heart disease
Dual coding (†/*)
This is a dagger (†) etiology code — pair it with the corresponding asterisk (*) manifestation code.
Paired codesI32.0*Pericarditis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhereI41.0*Myocarditis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhereI52.0*Other heart disorders in bacterial diseases classified elsewhereI39.8*Endocarditis, valve unspecified, in diseases classified elsewhere
→ Full dagger (†) ↔ asterisk (*) mapping tableCoding guidance (WHO 2019)
Meningococcal: carditis NOS (I52.0*) endocarditis (I39.8*) myocarditis (I41.0*) pericarditis (I32.0*)