ICD-11 classes
11 Diseases of the circulatory system
Diseases of the myocardium or cardiac chambers
BC42 — Myocarditis
BC42.0 — Giant cell myocarditis

ICD-11 BC42.0 — Giant cell myocarditis

Giant cell myocarditis is a form of dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to myocardial Inflammation that is characterised by widespread infiltration of giant cells (abnormal masses produced by the fusion of macrophages) associated with other inflammatory cells and heart muscle cell destruction.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.