I09.2
I09.2: Chronic rheumatic pericarditis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
I09.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic rheumatic pericarditis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check I09.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- chronic pericarditis not specified as rheumatic (I31.-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Adherent pericardium, rheumatic
- Chronic rheumatic mediastinopericarditis
- Chronic rheumatic myopericarditis
Other codes that can never be billed with I09.2
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- I31Other diseases of pericardium
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
I09.2 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Concretio cordis›rheumatic
- Myopericarditis›chronic rheumatic
- Rheumatic›adherent pericardium
- Adherent›pericardium›rheumatic
- Adhesions, adhesive›cardiac›rheumatic
- Adhesions, adhesive›heart›rheumatic
- Adhesions, adhesive›pericardium›rheumatic
- Mediastinopericarditis›chronic›rheumatic
- Pericarditis›adhesive or adherent›rheumatic
- Pericarditis›chronic›rheumatic
- Pericarditis›rheumatic›chronic or inactive(with chorea)
- Pericarditis›with rheumatic fever›inactive or quiescent
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.