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I43.8: Cardiomyopathy in other diseases classified elsewhere

Your heart muscle is changed and can thus no longer work properly. This is caused by another disorder.

The heart pumps blood through the body. Inside the heart are 4 chambers. There are 2 heart atria and 2 ventricles. Both heart atria and both ventricles are separated from each other by a partition. The heart is composed of a thick muscle layer and a thin membrane in the heart interior. An external sac, the pericardium, surrounds the heart. This sac consists of a tight membrane.

You have another disorder. This disorder has also damaged your heart.

The heart muscle can change in different ways. For example, it can get thicker or expand. Sometimes only certain parts of the heart change. These changes can cause the heart to stop pumping the blood properly, or prevent it from properly filling up with blood.

The symptoms depend on how much the heart muscle is changed. For example, if the heart can no longer properly fill with blood, the blood may accumulate in the body. The legs can then swell up or other organs are damaged. If the heart is no longer able to pump vigorously, you may feel tired or get shortness of breath. If the heart is damaged, it may also have an irregular beat.

Additional indicator

On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.

  • G: Confirmed diagnosis
  • V: Tentative diagnosis
  • Z: Condition after
  • A: Excluded diagnosis
  • L: Left
  • R: Right
  • B: Both sides

Further information

Note

This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.
Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.

Source

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).