I30.1

Infective pericarditis

Billable / specific

I30.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Pneumococcal pericarditis
  • Pneumopyopericardium
  • Purulent pericarditis
  • Pyopericarditis
  • Pyopericardium
  • Pyopneumopericardium
  • Staphylococcal pericarditis
  • Streptococcal pericarditis
  • Suppurative pericarditis
  • Viral pericarditis

Includes (from I30)

  • acute mediastinopericarditis
  • acute myopericarditis
  • acute pericardial effusion
  • acute pleuropericarditis
  • acute pneumopericarditis

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • Dressler's syndrome (I24.1) (from I30)
  • rheumatic pericarditis (acute) (I01.0) (from I30)
  • viral pericarditis due to Coxsackie virus (B33.23) (from I30)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from I30)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from I30)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from I30)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from I30)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from I30)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from I30)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from I30)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from I30)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from I30)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-) (from I30)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent

Also known as

  • Pneumococcal pericarditis
  • Pneumopyopericardium
  • Purulent pericarditis
  • Pyopericarditis
  • Pyopericardium
  • Pyopneumopericardium
  • Staphylococcal pericarditis
  • Streptococcal pericarditis
  • Suppurative pericarditis
  • Viral pericarditis
  • Abscess, pericardial
  • Pericarditis, bacterial
  • Pericarditis, fibrinopurulent
  • Pericarditis, infective
  • Pericarditis, pneumococcal
  • Pericarditis, purulent
  • Pericarditis, septic
  • Pericarditis, staphylococcal
  • Pericarditis, streptococcal
  • Pericarditis, suppurative
  • Pericarditis, viral
  • Pyopericarditis, pyopericardium

Parent code

  • I30Acute pericarditisHeader

Related codes

  • I30.0Acute nonspecific idiopathic pericarditisBillable
  • I30.8Other forms of acute pericarditisBillable
  • I30.9Acute pericarditis, unspecifiedBillable

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