ICD-10-CM › I00-I99 › I30-I5A › I31.3 Pericardial effusion (noninflammatory) › I31.31
I31.31
Malignant pericardial effusion in diseases classified elsewhere
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2023 to now.
- FY2023 Added to the code set Malignant pericardial effusion in diseases classified elsewhere
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.-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Effusion > pericardium, pericardial > malignant, in disease classified elsewhere
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| I31.39 | Other pericardial effusion (noninflammatory) | Valid |