(398.9)

Other and unspecified rheumatic heart diseases (398.9)

ICD-9 code 398.9 for Other and unspecified rheumatic heart diseases is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -CHRONIC RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE (393-398).

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