2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I40.1

Isolated myocarditis

  • I40.1 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM I40.1 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of I40.1 – other international versions of ICD-10 I40.1 may differ.

Applicable To

  • Fiedler’s myocarditis
  • Giant cell myocarditis
  • Idiopathic myocarditis

The following code(s) above I40.1 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to I40.1:

  • I00-I99  Diseases of the circulatory system
  • I40  Acute myocarditis

Approximate Synonyms

  • Idiopathic myocarditis

Clinical Information

  • An often fatal inflammatory disorder that affects the myocardium. Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of an inflammatory infiltrate in the myocardial tissue that includes multinucleated giant cells. It is often associated with the presence of an autoimmune disorder. Patients present with arrhythmias and/or heart failure. Heart transplantation is the only treatment option available.

ICD-10-CM I40.1 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):

  • 314 Other circulatory system diagnoses with mcc
  • 315 Other circulatory system diagnoses with cc
  • 316 Other circulatory system diagnoses without cc/mcc
  • 974 Hiv with major related condition with mcc
  • 975 Hiv with major related condition with cc
  • 976 Hiv with major related condition without cc/mcc

Convert I40.1 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to I40.1:

  • Abramov-Fiedler myocarditis I40.1 (acute isolated myocarditis)
  • Fiedler’s
    • myocarditis I40.1 (acute)
  • Myocarditis (with arteriosclerosis)(chronic)(fibroid) (interstitial) (old) (progressive) (senile) I51.4
    • acute or subacute (interstitial) I40.9
      • idiopathic I40.1
    • eosinophilic I40.1
    • Fiedler’s I40.1 (acute) (isolated)
    • giant cell I40.1 (acute) (subacute)
    • granulomatous I40.1 (idiopathic) (isolated) (nonspecific)
    • idiopathic I40.1 (granulomatous)
    • isolated I40.1 (acute)
  • Syndrome – see also Disease
    • Fiedler’s I40.1
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