I31.3

Pericardial effusion (noninflammatory)

Non-billable header

I31.3 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • acute pericardial effusion (I30.9)
  • diseases of pericardium specified as rheumatic (I09.2) (from I31)
  • postcardiotomy syndrome (I97.0) (from I31)
  • traumatic injury to pericardium (S26.-) (from I31)

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from I31)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from I31)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from I31)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from I31)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from I31)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from I31)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from I31)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from I31)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from I31)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-) (from I31)

Parent code

  • I31Other diseases of pericardiumHeader

More specific codes I31.3

  • I31.31Malignant pericardial effusion in diseases classified elsewhereBillable
  • I31.39Other pericardial effusion (noninflammatory)Billable

Related codes

  • I31.0Chronic adhesive pericarditisBillable
  • I31.1Chronic constrictive pericarditisBillable
  • I31.2Hemopericardium, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
  • I31.4Cardiac tamponadeBillable
  • I31.8Other specified diseases of pericardiumBillable
  • I31.9Disease of pericardium, unspecifiedBillable

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