2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I39

Endocarditis and heart valve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

  • I39 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • Short description: Endocarditis and heart valve disord in dis classd elswhr
  • The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM I39 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of I39 – other international versions of ICD-10 I39 may differ.

ICD-10-CM Coding Rules

  • I39 describes the manifestation of an underlying disease, not the disease itself.

Code First

  • underlying disease, such as:
  • Q fever (A78)

Type 1 Excludes

  • endocardial involvement in:
  • candidiasis (B37.6)
  • gonococcal infection (A54.83)
  • Libman-Sacks disease (M32.11)
  • listerosis (A32.82)
  • meningococcal infection (A39.51)
  • rheumatoid arthritis (M05.31)
  • syphilis (A52.03)
  • tuberculosis (A18.84)
  • typhoid fever (A01.02)

The following code(s) above I39 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to I39:

  • I00-I99  Diseases of the circulatory system

Approximate Synonyms

  • Candidal endocarditis
  • Candidal endocarditis (infection of heart valve)
  • Fungal endocarditis
  • Histoplasma capsulatum with endocarditis
  • Histoplasmosis endocarditis
  • Mycotic endocarditis

ICD-10-CM I39 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):

  • 306 Cardiac congenital and valvular disorders with mcc
  • 307 Cardiac congenital and valvular disorders without mcc
  • 791 Prematurity with major problems
  • 793 Full term neonate with major problems

Convert I39 to ICD-9-CMCode History

  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
  • 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to I39:

  • Use Additional: B39
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