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I30: Acute pericarditis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

I30 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute pericarditis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

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

Includes

Conditions this code covers.

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

Other codes that can never be billed with I30

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • I01.0Acute rheumatic pericarditis
  • I31.3Pericardial effusion (noninflammatory)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead I30

4 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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