ICD-11 classes
11 Diseases of the circulatory system
Pericarditis
BB20 — Acute pericarditis
BB20.0 — Infectious pericarditis

ICD-11 BB20.0 — Infectious pericarditis

A disease of the pericardium, caused by a secondary infection with a bacterial, viral, or fungal source. This disease is characterised by fever, odynophagia, cough, fatigue, or chest pain. Confirmation is by identification of the bacterial, viral, or fungal agent in a blood sample.

It includes 1 item.

  • Pyopericarditis

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

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