Pericardial effusion (noninflammatory)

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

Billable FY2016 to FY2022, and a category header from FY2023.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

I31.31 Malignant pericardial effusion in diseases classified elsewhere
I31.39 Other pericardial effusion (noninflammatory)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Pericardial effusion (noninflammatory)
FY2023 Stopped being billable

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from I31 Other diseases of pericardium

Excludes1 - never coded here

diseases of pericardium specified as rheumatic (I09.2)
postcardiotomy syndrome (I97.0)
traumatic injury to pericardium (S26.-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
I31.0	Chronic adhesive pericarditis	Valid
I31.1	Chronic constrictive pericarditis	Valid
I31.2	Hemopericardium, not elsewhere classified	Valid
I31.4	Cardiac tamponade	Valid
I31.8	Other specified diseases of pericardium	Valid
I31.9	Disease of pericardium, unspecified	Valid