All ICD10 Codes

I30

Non-Billable
ChapterI00–I99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Acute pericarditis

Use a more specific code (4 billable)
I30.0Acute nonspecific idiopathic pericarditisI30.1Infective pericarditisI30.8Other forms of acute pericarditisI30.9Acute pericarditis, unspecified
Metadata & Insights
  • •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • •Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System (I00-I99).

CH9 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • acute mediastinopericarditis
  • acute myopericarditis
  • acute pericardial effusion
  • acute pleuropericarditis
  • acute pneumopericarditis
Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
  • Dressler's syndrome (I24.1)
  • rheumatic pericarditis (acute) (I01.0)
  • viral pericarditis due to Coxsackie virus (B33.23)

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH9Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)
I30-I5AOther forms of heart disease (I30-I5A)
I30Acute pericarditisNot billable
I30.0Acute nonspecific idiopathic pericarditisBillable
I30.1Infective pericarditisBillable
I30.8Other forms of acute pericarditisBillable
I30.9Acute pericarditis, unspecifiedBillable

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to I30:

chapterCH9
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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